Fast Magnetic Reconnection in Laser-Produced Plasma Bubbles
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Fast Magnetic Reconnection in High-Energy-Density Laser-Produced Plasmas1 WILLIAM FOX, Center for Integrated Computation and Analysis of Reconnection and Turbulence, University of New Hampshire Recent experiments have observed magnetic reconnection in high-energy-density, laser-produced plasma bubbles
Recent experiments have observed magnetic reconnection in high-energy-density, laser-produced plasma bubbles [1,2], with reconnection rates observed to be much higher than can be explained by classical theory. This is a novel regime for magnetic reconnection study, characterized by extremely high magnetic fields, high plasma beta and strong, supersonic plasma inflow. Reconnection in this regime...
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عنوان ژورنال: Physical Review Letters
سال: 2011
ISSN: 0031-9007,1079-7114
DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.106.215003