- Constantin, C.;
- Gekelman, W.;
- Pribyl, P.;
- Everson, E.;
- Schaeffer, D.;
- Kugland, N.;
- Presura, R.;
- Neff, S.;
- Plechaty, C.;
- Vincena, S.;
- Collette, A.;
- Tripathi, S.;
- Muniz, M. Villagran;
- Niemann, C.
We have commissioned a high-energy glass-laser at the Large Plasma Device (LAPD) to study the interaction of a dense laser-produced plasma with a large (17 m) magnetized plasma. First experiments with an energy of the laser blow-off an order of magnitude higher than previous work (Gekelman et al. in J. Geophys. Res. 108(A7):1281, 2003) produced large amplitude Alfvén waves (δ
B
⊥
/B
0≈15%). We will discuss the potential of this facility for collisionless laboratory astrophysics experiments.
