Simulating astrophysical phenomena in laboratory experiments has made considerable progress with the advent of high-power lasers and z-pinch pulsed power devices. In that field of research, scaled-down laboratory jets relevant to Herbig-Haro objects capability has been demonstrated. Recently, it has been shown on the Z-pinch MAGPIE ( 2MA, 250 ns) installation of Imperial College that unique exp...

Gyrokinetic simulations of small-scale turbulent transport in a closed magnetic field-line plasma geometry are presented. The simulations are potentially applicable to dipolar systems such as the levitated dipole experiment (LDX) [J. Kesner, Plasma Phys. Rep. 23, 742 (1997).] and planetary magnetospheres, as well as simpler systems such as the Z pinch. We report here for the first time the exis...

The stability of axisymmetric plasmas confined by closed poloidal magnetic field lines is considered. The results are relevant to plasmas in the dipolar fields of stars and planets, as well as the Levitated Dipole Experiment, multipoles, Z pinches and field reversed configurations. The ideal MHD energy principle is employed to study the stability of pressure driven shear Alfvén modes. A point d...

Z-pinch collapse has been extensively studied since the late 50s, being a simple and effective way of producing hot and dense plasma. In this process, an electric current flowing through a plasma column, interacts with its self magnetic field, and the resulting force contracts the plasma column in the radial direction. Today Z-pinch plasma is widely used for various applications such as high po...