Review of the first charged-particle transport coefficient comparison workshop

PE Grabowski, SB Hansen, MS Murillo… - High Energy Density …, 2020 - Elsevier
We present the results of the first Charged-Particle Transport Coefficient Code Comparison
Workshop, which was held in Albuquerque, NM October 4–6, 2016. In this first workshop …

[HTML][HTML] Kinetic simulation of magnetic field generation and collisionless shock formation in expanding laboratory plasmas

W Fox, J Matteucci, C Moissard, DB Schaeffer… - Physics of …, 2018 - pubs.aip.org
Recent laboratory experiments with laser-produced plasmas have observed and studied a
number of fundamental physical processes relevant to magnetized astrophysical plasmas …

Magnetogenesis via the canonical battery effect

M Laishram, GS Yun, YD Yoon - Physical Review Research, 2024 - APS
We show by analyzing the time evolution of canonical vorticity that spontaneous generation
of magnetic fields within an initially unmagnetized, vorticity-free plasma must be achieved …

Laser intensity scaling of the magnetic field from a laser-driven coil target

GJ Williams, S Patankar, DA Mariscal… - Journal of Applied …, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
We report on the first direct voltage and current measurements from a laser-generated
magnetic field coil target. The magnetic field was observed to scale with the laser intensity …

[HTML][HTML] X-ray imaging and electron temperature evolution in laser-driven magnetic reconnection experiments at the national ignition facility

V Valenzuela-Villaseca, JM Molina, DB Schaeffer… - Physics of …, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
We present results from x-ray imaging of high-aspect-ratio magnetic reconnection
experiments driven at the National Ignition Facility. Two parallel, self-magnetized, elongated …

Scaling of small-scale dynamo properties in the Rayleigh–Taylor instability

V Skoutnev, ER Most, A Bhattacharjee… - The Astrophysical …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
We derive scaling relations based on freefall and isotropy assumptions for the kinematic
small-scale dynamo growth rate and amplification factor over the course of the mixing …

Fast magnetic reconnection in highly-extended current sheets at the National Ignition Facility

W Fox, DB Schaeffer, MJ Rosenberg, G Fiksel… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2020 - arxiv.org
Fast magnetic reconnection was observed between magnetized laser-produced plasmas at
the National Ignition Facility. Two highly-elongated plasma plumes were produced by tiling …

Acceleration mechanisms of energetic ion debris in laser-driven tin plasma EUV sources

SR Totorica, K Lezhnin, DJ Hemminga… - Applied Physics …, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
Laser-driven tin plasmas are driving new-generation nanolithography as sources of extreme
ultraviolet (EUV) radiation centered at 13.5 nm. A major challenge facing industrial EUV …

Experimental mitigation of fast magnetic reconnection in multiple interacting laser-produced plasmas

S Bolaños, R Smets, C Courtois, N Blanchot… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2023 - arxiv.org
The meeting of astrophysical plasmas and their magnetic fields creates many reconnection
sites. We experimentally compare the reconnection rate of laser-driven magnetic …

Detection of current-sheet and bipolar ion flows in a self-generated antiparallel magnetic field of laser-produced plasmas for magnetic reconnection research

T Morita, T Kojima, S Matsuo, S Matsukiyo, S Isayama… - Physical Review E, 2022 - APS
Magnetic reconnection in laser-produced magnetized plasma is investigated by using
optical diagnostics. The magnetic field is generated via the Biermann battery effect, and the …