Colin Danson: Publications

Laboratory analogue of a supersonic accretion column in a binary star system.

Nature Communications Nature Publishing Group 7 (2016) ncomms11899

Authors:

JE Cross, Gianluca Gregori, JM Foster, P Graham, JM Bonnet-Bidaud, C Busschaert, N Charpentier, CN Danson, HW Doyle, RP Drake, J Fyrth, ET Gumbrell, M Koenig, C Krauland, CC Kuranz, B Loupias, C Michaut, M Mouchet, S Patankar, J Skidmore, C Spindloe, ER Tubman, N Woolsey, R Yurchak, É Falize

Abstract:

Astrophysical flows exhibit rich behaviour resulting from the interplay of different forms of energy-gravitational, thermal, magnetic and radiative. For magnetic cataclysmic variable stars, material from a late, main sequence star is pulled onto a highly magnetized (B>10 MG) white dwarf. The magnetic field is sufficiently large to direct the flow as an accretion column onto the poles of the white dwarf, a star subclass known as AM Herculis. A stationary radiative shock is expected to form 100-1,000 km above the surface of the white dwarf, far too small to be resolved with current telescopes. Here we report the results of a laboratory experiment showing the evolution of a reverse shock when both ionization and radiative losses are important. We find that the stand-off position of the shock agrees with radiation hydrodynamic simulations and is consistent, when scaled to AM Herculis star systems, with theoretical predictions.

Target fabrication for the POLAR experiment on the Orion laser facility

High Power Laser Science and Engineering Cambridge University Press (CUP) 3 (2015) e8

Authors:

C Spindloe, D Wyatt, D Haddock, I East, JE Cross, CN Danson, E Falize, JM Foster, M Koenig, G Gregori

Radiological characterisation of photon radiation from ultra-high-intensity laser–plasma and nuclear interactions

Journal of Radiological Protection IOP Publishing 26:3 (2006) 277-286

Authors:

RJ Clarke, D Neely, RD Edwards, PNM Wright, KWD Ledingham, R Heathcote, P McKenna, CN Danson, PA Brummitt, JL Collier, PE Hatton, SJ Hawkes, C Hernandez-Gomez, P Holligan, MHR Hutchinson, AK Kidd, WJ Lester, DR Neville, PA Norreys, DA Pepler, TB Winstone, RWW Wyatt, BE Wyborn

Vulcan petawatt-operation and development

The European Physical Journal Special Topics EDP Sciences 133 (2006) 555-559

Authors:

C Hernandez-Gomez, PA Brummitt, DJ Canny, RJ Clarke, J Collier, CN Danson, AM Dunne, B Fell, AJ Frackiewicz, S Hancock, S Hawkes, R Heathcote, P Holligan, MHR Hutchinson, A Kidd, WJ Lester, IO Musgrave, D Neely, DR Neville, PA Norreys, DA Pepler, CJ Reason, W Shaikh, TB Winstone, BE Wyborn

Vulcan petawatt: Design, operation and interactions at 5 × 1020 Wcm−2

Laser and Particle Beams Cambridge University Press (CUP) 23:1 (2005) 87-93

Authors:

CN DANSON, PA BRUMMITT, RJ CLARKE, JL COLLIER, B FELL, AJ FRACKIEWICZ, S HAWKES, C HERNANDEZ-GOMEZ, P HOLLIGAN, MHR HUTCHINSON, A KIDD, WJ LESTER, IO MUSGRAVE, D NEELY, DR NEVILLE, PA NORREYS, DA PEPLER, CJ REASON, W SHAIKH, TB WINSTONE, RWW WYATT, BE WYBORN

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Laboratory analogue of a supersonic accretion column in a binary star system.

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Target fabrication for the POLAR experiment on the Orion laser facility

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Radiological characterisation of photon radiation from ultra-high-intensity laser–plasma and nuclear interactions

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Vulcan petawatt-operation and development

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Laboratory analogue of a supersonic accretion column in a binary star system.

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Target fabrication for the POLAR experiment on the Orion laser facility

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Radiological characterisation of photon radiation from ultra-high-intensity laser–plasma and nuclear interactions

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Vulcan petawatt-operation and development

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Vulcan petawatt: Design, operation and interactions at 5 × 1020 Wcm−2

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