Collisionless shocks, that is shocks mediated by electromagnetic processes, are customary
in space physics and in astrophysics. They are to be found in a great variety of objects and …

Laboratory facilities employing high pulsed currents and voltages, and called generally
“pulsed-power facilities,” allow experimenters to produce a variety of hydrodynamical …

In many ways the discovery that star formation involves outflow as well as inflow from
gravitational collapse marked the beginning of modern studies of the assembly of stars. Jets …

A suite of laser based diagnostics is used to study interactions of magnetised, supersonic,
radiatively cooled plasma flows produced using the Magpie pulse power generator (1.4 MA …

Synchrotron radio emission from non-relativistic jets powered by massive protostars has
been reported, indicating the presence of relativistic electrons and magnetic fields of …

The role of radiative cooling during the evolution of a bow shock was studied in laboratory-
astrophysics experiments that are scalable to bow shocks present in jets from young stellar …

In the last years, medium size Z-pinch experiments operating at tens of kJ are being used to
create supersonic plasma jets. Those experiments are produced with wire arrays and radial …

The physics of astrophysical jets can be divided into three regimes:(i) engine and launch (ii)
propagation and collimation,(iii) dissipation and particle acceleration. Since astrophysical …

The magnetic field in the plasma jet propagating from the plasma pinch region along the
axis of the chamber in a megajoule PF-3 plasma focus facility is studied. The dynamics of …

Collisional self-interactions occurring in protostellar jets give rise to strong shocks, the
structure of which can be affected by radiative cooling within the flow. To study such colliding …