Publication Date:
2017-02-22
Description:
Author(s): J. D. Hare, L. Suttle, S. V. Lebedev, N. F. Loureiro, A. Ciardi, G. C. Burdiak, J. P. Chittenden, T. Clayson, C. Garcia, N. Niasse, T. Robinson, R. A. Smith, N. Stuart, F. Suzuki-Vidal, G. F. Swadling, J. Ma, J. Wu, and Q. Yang We present a detailed study of magnetic reconnection in a quasi-two-dimensional pulsed-power driven laboratory experiment. Oppositely directed magnetic fields ( B = 3 T ), advected by supersonic, sub-Alfvénic carbon plasma flows ( V in = 50 km / s ), are brought together and mutually annihilate inside a thin… [Phys. Rev. Lett. 118, 085001] Published Tue Feb 21, 2017
Keywords:
Plasma and Beam Physics
Print ISSN:
0031-9007
Electronic ISSN:
1079-7114
Topics:
Physics
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