Magnetic Reconnection & Particle

[HEDS13-02(Invited)] Laser astrophysics experiments for the investigation of plasma heating and acceleration in magnetic reconnection

*Taichi Morita¹, Y. Muramoto², Y. Maenosono², S. Isayama¹, M. Edamoto³, M. Hanano⁴, Y. Kanesada², Y. Kuramitsu⁵, S. Matsukiyo¹, G. Nakayama², K. Obayashi⁶, K. Oshida², K. Sakai⁷, J. Shiota⁶, Y. Suzuki⁴, T. Takezaki⁸, S. J. Tanaka⁶, K. Tomita⁹, S. Yakura⁶, R. Yamazaki⁶, Y. Sakawa¹⁰ (1. Faculty of Engineering Sciences, Kyushu University, 2. Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Engineering Sciences, Kyushu University, 3. Faculty of Science and Technology, Seikei University, 4. Graduate School of Science, Osaka University, 5. Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, 6. Department of Physical Sciences, Aoyama Gakuin University, 7. National Institute for Fusion Science, Japan, National Institutes for Natural Sciences, 8. Faculty of Engineering, University of Toyama, 9. Division of Quantum Science and Engineering, Hokkaido University, 10. Institute of Laser Engineering, Osaka University)

We report recent results from the magnetic reconnection experiments using high-power laser system Gekko-XII at Osaka University. Ion velocity distribution shows anisotropic features, indicating plasma heating and acceleration.