Detailed characterization of laser-produced astrophysically-relevant jets formed via a poloidal magnetic nozzle

DP Higginson, G Revet, B Khiar, J Béard… - High Energy Density …, 2017 - Elsevier
The collimation of astrophysically-relevant plasma ejecta in the form of narrow jets via a
poloidal magnetic field is studied experimentally by irradiating a target situated in a 20 T …

[HTML][HTML] Applied axial magnetic field effects on laboratory plasma jets: Density hollowing, field compression, and azimuthal rotation

T Byvank, JT Banasek, WM Potter, JB Greenly… - Physics of …, 2017 - pubs.aip.org
We experimentally measure the effects of an applied axial magnetic field (B z) on laboratory
plasma jets and compare the experimental results with numerical simulations using an …

[HTML][HTML] The structure of bow shocks formed by the interaction of pulsed-power driven magnetised plasma flows with conducting obstacles

GC Burdiak, SV Lebedev, SN Bland, T Clayson… - Physics of …, 2017 - pubs.aip.org
We present an experimental study of the development and structure of bow shocks
produced by the interaction of a magnetised, collisional, super-Alfvénic plasma flow with …

[HTML][HTML] Target material dependence of positron generation from high intensity laser-matter interactions

GJ Williams, D Barnak, G Fiksel, A Hazi, S Kerr… - Physics of …, 2016 - pubs.aip.org
The effective scaling of positron-electron pair production by direct, ultraintense laser-matter
interaction is investigated for a range of target materials and thicknesses. An axial magnetic …

Enhancement of quasistationary shocks and heating via temporal staging in a magnetized laser-plasma jet

DP Higginson, B Khiar, G Revet, J Béard, M Blecher… - Physical Review Letters, 2017 - APS
We investigate the formation of a laser-produced magnetized jet under conditions of a
varying mass ejection rate and a varying divergence of the ejected plasma flow. This is done …

Laboratory evidence of the nonresonant streaming instability in the formation of quasiparallel collisionless shocks at high Alfvénic Mach number

S Bolaños, MJE Manuel, M Bailly-Grandvaux… - Physical Review E, 2024 - APS
We present an experimental investigation of the formation stage of a collisionless shock
when the flow velocity is aligned with an ambient magnetic field utilizing laser-driven, super …

[HTML][HTML] Closed-form expressions for the magnetic fields of rectangular and circular finite-length solenoids and current loops

S Hampton, RA Lane, RM Hedlof, RE Phillips… - AIP Advances, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
A summary of closed-form expressions for the magnetic fields produced by rectangular-and
circular-shaped finite-length solenoids and current loops is provided altogether for easy …

[HTML][HTML] Proton radiography in background magnetic fields

C Arran, CP Ridgers, NC Woolsey - Matter and Radiation at Extremes, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
Proton radiography has proved increasingly successful as a diagnostic for electric and
magnetic fields in high-energy-density physics experiments. Most experiments use target …

[HTML][HTML] Electron density and plasma dynamics of a colliding plasma experiment

J Wiechula, A Schönlein, M Iberler, C Hock… - AIP Advances, 2016 - pubs.aip.org
We present experimental results of two head-on colliding plasma sheaths accelerated by
pulsed-power-driven coaxial plasma accelerators. The measurements have been performed …

Extended magnetohydrodynamic plasma jets with external magnetic fields

T Byvank, J Chang, WM Potter… - … on Plasma Science, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, collimated plasma jets form from Joule heating and ablation of a radial foil (Al
15-μm-thin disk) using a pulsed power generator (Cornell Beam Research Accelerator) with …