Hideaki Takabe

TL;DR: In this article, the linear stability of an ablating plasma is investigated as an eigenvalue problem by assuming the plasma to be at the stationary state, and the growth rate is expressed well in the form γ=α(kg)1/2 −βkVa, where α=0.9, β≂3-4, and Va is the flow velocity across the ablation front, and is found to agree well with recent twodimensional simulations in a classical transport regime.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors describe the use of intense laser facilities to test and refine our understanding of phenomena such as supernovae, supernova remnants, gamma-ray bursts, and giant planets.

TL;DR: In this paper, the Weibel instability, a possible mechanism for developing such shocks, has been generated in a laboratory set-up with laser-generated plasmas, and it has been shown that collisionless plasma shock waves are often driven by collisionless shock waves.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors summarize several areas of astrophysics: supernovae, supernova remnants, gamma-ray bursts, and giant planets, and show that experiments are under development at intense laser facilities to test and refine our understanding of these phenomena.

TL;DR: The simultaneous observations of a beat-wave-excited plasma wave and of energetic electrons are reported, both of which are observed at the resonant density.