Understanding cosmic ray generation in the lab
Feb. 26 2026
By combining high-power lasers and intense magnetic fields, researchers succeeded for the first time in demonstrating particle acceleration during the interaction of a collisionless shock wave with a magnetized ambient medium.
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Laboratory evidence for proton energization by collisionless shock surfing.
W. Yao, A. Fazzini, S. N. Chen, K. Burdonov, P. Antici, J. Béard, S. Bolaños, A. Ciardi, R. Diab, E. D. Filippov, S. Kisyov, V. Lelasseux, M. Miceli, Q. Moreno, V. Nastasa, S. Orlando, S. Pikuz, D. C. Popescu, G. Revet, X. Ribeyre, E. d’Humières & J. Fuchs, Nature Physics 17, 1177 (2021)
DOI : doi.org/10.1038/s41567-021-01325-w
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