Expérimental et théorique
Context: Collisionless shocks are ubiquitous in the Universe. Charged particles can be accelerated to high energies by collisionless shock waves in astrophysical environments, such as supernova remnants. With the development of high-power lasers and magnetic field generation, laboratory experiments can play a central role in bridging the gap between theoretical models and astrophysical observations by providing data that helps us to improve our understanding of shock formation, as well as the associated particle energization mechanism [1-3]. Proposed work: The internship is part of an ongoing effort of investigating laser-produced collisionless shocks in a magnetic field of tens of Tesla, both experimentally with high-power lasers worldwide, e.g., LULI2000 (FR), VULCAN (UK), and TITAN (US); and numerically with fully kinetic particle-in-cell simulations performed with the code SMILEI [4].