dc.contributor.author | Hare, J. D. | |
dc.contributor.author | Lebedev, S. V. | |
dc.contributor.author | Suttle, L. G. | |
dc.contributor.author | Ciardi, A. | |
dc.contributor.author | Burdiak, G. C. | |
dc.contributor.author | Chittenden, J. P. | |
dc.contributor.author | Clayson, T. | |
dc.contributor.author | Eardley, S. J. | |
dc.contributor.author | Garcia, C. | |
dc.contributor.author | Halliday, J. W. D. | |
dc.contributor.author | Niasse, N. | |
dc.contributor.author | Robinson, T. | |
dc.contributor.author | Smith, R. A. | |
dc.contributor.author | Stuart, N. | |
dc.contributor.author | Suzuki-Vidal, F. | |
dc.contributor.author | Swadling, G. F. | |
dc.contributor.author | Ma, J. | |
dc.contributor.author | Wu, J. | |
dc.contributor.author | Gomes Loureiro, Nuno F | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2018-07-20T14:07:06Z | |
dc.date.available | 2018-07-20T14:07:06Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2017-09 | |
dc.date.submitted | 2017-09 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1070-664X | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1089-7674 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/117021 | |
dc.description.abstract | We describe magnetic reconnection experiments using a new, pulsed-power driven experimental platform in which the inflows are super-sonic but sub-Alfvénic. The intrinsically magnetised plasma flows are long lasting, producing a well-defined reconnection layer that persists over many hydrodynamic time scales. The layer is diagnosed using a suite of high resolution laser based diagnostics, which provide measurements of the electron density, reconnecting magnetic field, inflow and outflow velocities, and the electron and ion temperatures. Using these measurements, we observe a balance between the power flow into and out of the layer, and we find that the heating rates for the electrons and ions are significantly in excess of the classical predictions. The formation of plasmoids is observed in laser interferometry and optical self-emission, and the magnetic O-point structure of these plasmoids is confirmed using magnetic probes. | en_US |
dc.description.sponsorship | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (Grant EP/N013379/1) | en_US |
dc.description.sponsorship | United States. Department of Energy (Awards DE-F03-02NA00057) | en_US |
dc.description.sponsorship | United States. Department of Energy (Awards DE-SC-0001063) | en_US |
dc.description.sponsorship | National Science Foundation (U.S.) (Award DE-sc0016215) | en_US |
dc.publisher | AIP Publishing | en_US |
dc.relation.isversionof | http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4986012 | en_US |
dc.rights | Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike | en_US |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ | en_US |
dc.source | arXiv | en_US |
dc.title | Formation and structure of a current sheet in pulsed-power driven magnetic reconnection experiments | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Hare, J. D., et al. “Formation and Structure of a Current Sheet in Pulsed-Power Driven Magnetic Reconnection Experiments.” Physics of Plasmas, vol. 24, no. 10, Oct. 2017, p. 102703. © 2017 Authors | en_US |
dc.contributor.department | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Laboratory for Nuclear Science | en_US |
dc.contributor.mitauthor | Gomes Loureiro, Nuno F | |
dc.relation.journal | Physics of Plasmas | en_US |
dc.eprint.version | Author's final manuscript | en_US |
dc.type.uri | http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle | en_US |
eprint.status | http://purl.org/eprint/status/PeerReviewed | en_US |
dc.date.updated | 2018-07-17T14:39:49Z | |
dspace.orderedauthors | Hare, J. D.; Lebedev, S. V.; Suttle, L. G.; Loureiro, N. F.; Ciardi, A.; Burdiak, G. C.; Chittenden, J. P.; Clayson, T.; Eardley, S. J.; Garcia, C.; Halliday, J. W. D.; Niasse, N.; Robinson, T.; Smith, R. A.; Stuart, N.; Suzuki-Vidal, F.; Swadling, G. F.; Ma, J.; Wu, J. | en_US |
dspace.embargo.terms | N | en_US |
dc.identifier.orcid | https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9755-6563 | |
mit.license | OPEN_ACCESS_POLICY | en_US |