Nature Communications

Measurement of ion acceleration and diffusion in a laser-driven magnetized plasma

J J. T. Y. Chu J J. W. D. Halliday C C. Heaton K K. Moczulski A A. Blazevic D D. Schumacher M M. Metternich H H. Nazary C C. D. Arrowsmith A A. R. Bell K K. A. Beyer A A. F. A. Bott T T. Campbell E E. Hansen D D. Q. Lamb F F. Miniati P P. Neumayer C C. A. J. Palmer B B. Reville A A. Reyes S S. Sarkar A A. Scopatz C C. Spindloe C C. B. Stuart H H. Wen P P. Tzeferacos R R. Bingham G G. Gregori

Abstract

Abstract Here we present results from an experiment performed at the GSI Helmholtz Center for Heavy Ion Research. A mono-energetic beam of chromium ions with initial energies of  ~ 450 MeV was fired through a magnetized interaction region formed by the collision of two counter-propagating laser-ablated plasma jets. While laser interferometry revealed the absence of strong fluid-scale turbulence, acceleration and diffusion of the beam ions was driven by wave-particle interactions. A possible mechanism is particle acceleration by electrostatic, short scale length kinetic turbulence, such as the lower-hybrid drift instability.

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Article Details

Volume / Issue Vol. 17, Issue 1
Published March 02, 2026
ISSN 2041-1723
Publisher Nature Portfolio

Journal Info

Nature Communications

Nature Portfolio
ISSN: 2041-1723 Open Access Life Sciences

Authors (28)

J

J. T. Y. Chu

J

J. W. D. Halliday

C

C. Heaton

K

K. Moczulski

A

A. Blazevic

D

D. Schumacher

M

M. Metternich

H

H. Nazary

C

C. D. Arrowsmith

A

A. R. Bell

K

K. A. Beyer

A

A. F. A. Bott

T

T. Campbell

E

E. Hansen

D

D. Q. Lamb

F

F. Miniati

P

P. Neumayer

C

C. A. J. Palmer

B

B. Reville

A

A. Reyes

S

S. Sarkar

A

A. Scopatz

C

C. Spindloe

C

C. B. Stuart

H

H. Wen

P

P. Tzeferacos

R

R. Bingham

G

G. Gregori

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