Laser-generated supersonic plasma jets and shocks in a transverse magnetic field

0567388 - ÚFP 2023 RIV GB eng J - Journal Article
Bohlin, H. - Brack, F.E. - Červeňák, Michal - Chodukowski, T. - Cikhardt, Jakub - Dostál, Jan - Dudžák, Roman - Hübner, Jakub - Huo, W. Y. - Jelínek, Šimon - Klír, D. - Kroll, F. - Krupka, Michal - Krůs, Miroslav - Pisarczyk, T. - Rusiniak, Z. - Schramm, U. - Nguyen-Bui, T. H. - Weber, S. - Zaraś-Szydłowska, A. - Zeil, K. - Kumar, D. - Schlegel, T. - Tikhonchuk, V.
Laser-generated supersonic plasma jets and shocks in a transverse magnetic field.
Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion. Roč. 64, č. 8 (2022), č. článku 085003. ISSN 0741-3335. E-ISSN 1361-6587
R&D Projects: GA MŠMT(CZ) LM2015083; GA MŠMT(CZ) LM2018114; GA MŠMT LTT17015; GA MŠMT EF16_013/0001552; GA ČR(CZ) GA19-24619S
EU Projects: European Commission(XE) 654148 - LASERLAB-EUROPE; European Commission(XE) 871124 - LASERLAB-EUROPE
Institutional support: RVO:61389021
Keywords : laboratory astrophysics * magnetized laser plasma * supersonic jets and shocks
OECD category: Fluids and plasma physics (including surface physics)
Impact factor: 2.2, year: 2022
Method of publishing: Limited access
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1361-6587/ac7416

The influence of a transverse magnetic field on the formation and evolution of supersonic plasma jets and shocks was studied experimentally, and compared with 3D numerical simulations. An improved jet collimation was seen due to the change in the magnetic field topology restricting the radial expansion of the ablated plasma. The magnetic field was also shown to strongly affect the shock structures, both indirectly through the modified jet geometry, as well as due to a compression of the field lines in the shock region. The interaction characteristics were found to depend on the relative contribution of the magnetic and plasma pressure in balancing the ram pressure of the jet.
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