Imperial College London

Dr Mark Sherlock

Faculty of Natural SciencesDepartment of Physics

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Turrell A, Sherlock M, Rose SJ, 2015, Ultra-fast collisional ion heating by electrostatic shocks, Nature Communications, Vol: 6, ISSN: 2041-1723

High intensity lasers can be used to generate shockwaves which have found applications in nuclear fusion, proton imaging, cancer therapies, and materials science. Collisionless electrostatic shocks are one type of shockwave widely studied for applications involving ion acceleration. Here we show a novel mechanism for collisionlesselectrostatic shocks to heat small amounts of solid density matter to temperatures of ∼ keV in tens of femtoseconds. Unusually, electrons play no direct role in the heating, and it is the ions which determine the heating rate. Ions are heated due to an interplay between the electric field of the shock, the local density increaseduring the passage of the shock, and collisions between different species of ion. In simulations, these factors combine to produce rapid, localised heating of the lighter ion species. Although the heated volume is modest, this would be one of the fastest heating mechanisms discovered if demonstrated in the laboratory.

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Sherlock, Hill EG, Evans, Rose, W Rozmuset al., 2014, In-depth Plasma-Wave Heating of Dense Plasma Irradiated by Short Laser Pulses, Physical Review Letters, Vol: 113, ISSN: 1079-7114

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Robinson APL, Strozzi DJ, Davies JR, Gremillet L, Honrubia JJ, Johzaki T, Kingham RJ, Sherlock M, Solodov AAet al., 2014, Theory of fast electron transport for fast ignition, Nuclear Fusion, Vol: 54, ISSN: 1741-4326

Fast ignition (FI) inertial confinement fusion is a variant of inertial fusion in which DT fuel is first compressed to high densityand then ignited by a relativistic electron beam generated by a fast (<20 ps) ultra-intense laser pulse, which is usually broughtin to the dense plasma via the inclusion of a re-entrant cone. The transport of this beam from the cone apex into the dense fuelis a critical part of this scheme, as it can strongly influence the overall energetics. Here we review progress in the theory andnumerical simulation of fast electron transport in the context of FI. Important aspects of the basic plasma physics, descriptionsof the numerical methods used, a review of ignition-scale simulations, and a survey of schemes for controlling the propagationof fast electrons are included. Considerable progress has taken place in this area, but the development of a robust, high-gain FI‘point design’ is still an ongoing challenge.

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Bush IA, Thomas AGR, Gartside L, Sarfraz S, Wagenaars E, Green JS, Notley M, Lowe H, Spindloe C, Winstone T, Robinson APL, Clarke R, Ma T, Yabuuchi T, Wei M, Beg FN, Stephens RB, MacPhee A, MacKinnon AJ, Key MH, Nazarov W, Sherlock M, Pasley Jet al., 2014, Effect of defocusing on picosecond laser-coupling into gold cones, PHYSICS OF PLASMAS, Vol: 21, ISSN: 1070-664X

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Turrell AE, Sherlock M, Rose SJ, 2013, A Monte Carlo algorithm for degenerate plasmas, JOURNAL OF COMPUTATIONAL PHYSICS, Vol: 249, Pages: 13-21, ISSN: 0021-9991

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Sherlock M, Hill EG, Rose SJ, 2013, Kinetic simulations of the heating of solid density plasma by femtosecond laser pulses, HIGH ENERGY DENSITY PHYSICS, Vol: 9, Pages: 38-41, ISSN: 1574-1818

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Thomas AGR, Tzoufras M, Robinson APL, Kingham RJ, Ridgers CP, Sherlock M, Bell ARet al., 2012, A review of Vlasov-Fokker-Planck numerical modeling of inertial confinement fusion plasma, JOURNAL OF COMPUTATIONAL PHYSICS, Vol: 231, Pages: 1051-1079, ISSN: 0021-9991

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Ridgers CP, Sherlock M, Evans RG, Robinson APL, Kingham RJet al., 2011, Superluminal sheath-field expansion and fast-electron-beam divergence measurements in laser-solid interactions, PHYSICAL REVIEW E, Vol: 83, ISSN: 1539-3755

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Sherlock M, 2010, Generalized Ohm’s Law for a Background Plasma in the Presence of Relativistic Charged Particles, Physical Review Letters, Vol: 104, ISSN: 0031-9007

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Kingham RJ, Sherlock M, Ridgers CP, Evans RGet al., 2010, Vlasov-Fokker-Planck simulations of fast-electron transport with hydrodynamic plasma response, 6th International Conference on Inertial Fusion Sciences and Applications, Publisher: IOP PUBLISHING LTD, ISSN: 1742-6588

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Sherlock M, 2009, Universal scaling of the electron distribution function in one-dimensional simulations of relativistic laser-plasma interactions, Physics of Plasmas, Vol: 16, ISSN: 1070-664X

<jats:p>A formula based on simulations is given for the distribution function of energetic electrons which stream in the forward direction when a relativistically intense laser pulse irradiates a short-scale-length dense plasma at normal incidence. If the energy absorption fraction is known, the entire function can be characterized in terms of the laser intensity I. A number of important characteristics can then be obtained, including the fast-electron energy, current density, and angle of ejection. An objective means for calculating the fast-electron energy is proposed which gives a value of ∼0.6 of the vacuum oscillatory energy. This reduction in energy is shown to be consistent with the energy required to draw a return current. These results could be used to provide the characteristics of the electron source in theory and simulation of intense laser-solid interactions.</jats:p>

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Sherlock M, Rose SJ, 2009, The persistence of Maxwellian D and T distributions during burn in inertial confinement fusion, High Energy Density Physics, Vol: 5

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Robinson APL, Kingham RJ, Ridgers CP, Sherlock Met al., 2008, Effect of transverse density modulations on fast electron transport in dense plasmas, PLASMA PHYSICS AND CONTROLLED FUSION, Vol: 50, ISSN: 0741-3335

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Ping Y, Shepherd R, Lasinski BF, Tabak M, Chen H, Chung HK, Fournier KB, Hansen SB, Kemp A, Liedahl DA, Widmann K, Wilks SC, Rozmus W, Sherlock Met al., 2008, Absorption of Short Laser Pulses on Solid Targets in the Ultrarelativistic Regime, Physical Review Letters, Vol: 100, ISSN: 0031-9007

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Sherlock M, 2008, A Monte-Carlo method for coulomb collisions in hybrid plasma models, Journal of Computational Physics, Vol: 227, Pages: 2286-2292, ISSN: 0021-9991

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Robinson APL, Sherlock M, Norreys PA, 2008, Artificial Collimation of Fast-Electron Beams with Two Laser Pulses, Physical Review Letters, Vol: 100, ISSN: 0031-9007

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Sherlock M, Rose SJ, Robinson APL, 2007, Prediction of net energy gain in deuterium-beam interactions with an inertially confined plasma, PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS, Vol: 99, ISSN: 0031-9007

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Sherlock M, Bell AR, Kingham RJ, Robinson APL, Bingham Ret al., 2007, Non-Spitzer return currents in intense laser-plasma interactions, PHYSICS OF PLASMAS, Vol: 14, ISSN: 1070-664X

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Robinson APL, Sherlock M, 2007, Magnetic collimation of fast electrons produced by ultraintense laser irradiation by structuring the target composition, Physics of Plasmas, Vol: 14, ISSN: 1070-664X

<jats:p>A scheme for collimating fast electrons in a specially engineered solid target is proposed. Unlike previous approaches, the collimation is achieved by generating an azimuthal magnetic field as opposed to a radial electric field. The target is engineered such that it consists of a fiber surrounded by material of a lower resistivity than that of the fiber. The fast electrons are collimated along the fiber. Hybrid Vlasov-Fokker-Planck simulations supported by analytic calculations show that this concept is viable.</jats:p>

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Bell AR, Robinson APL, Sherlock M, Kingham RJ, Rozmus Wet al., 2006, Fast electron transport in laser-produced plasmas and the KALOS code for solution of the Vlasov-Fokker-Planck equation, PLASMA PHYSICS AND CONTROLLED FUSION, Vol: 48, Pages: R37-R57, ISSN: 0741-3335

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Sherlock M, Chittenden JP, Lebedev SV, Haines MGet al., 2004, Ion collisions and the Z-pinch precursor column, PHYSICS OF PLASMAS, Vol: 11, Pages: 1609-1616, ISSN: 1070-664X

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