Characterization of the stability and dynamics of a laser-produced plasma expanding across strong magnetic field

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Main Authors: Yao, Weipeng, Capitaine, Julien, Khiar, Benjamin, Vinci, Tommaso, Burdonov, Konstantin, Béard, Jérôme, Fuchs, Julien, Ciardi, Andrea
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author Yao, Weipeng
Capitaine, Julien
Khiar, Benjamin
Vinci, Tommaso
Burdonov, Konstantin
Béard, Jérôme
Fuchs, Julien
Ciardi, Andrea
author_facet Yao, Weipeng
Capitaine, Julien
Khiar, Benjamin
Vinci, Tommaso
Burdonov, Konstantin
Béard, Jérôme
Fuchs, Julien
Ciardi, Andrea
contents Magnetized laser-produced plasmas are central to many new studies in laboratory astrophysics, inertial confinement fusion, and industrial applications. Here we present the results of large-scale, three-dimensional magneto-hydrodynamic simulations of the dynamics of a laser-produced plasma expanding into a transverse magnetic field with a strength of tens of Tesla. The simulations show the plasma is confined by the strong magnetic field into a slender slab structured by the magnetized Rayleigh-Taylor instability that develops at the plasma-vacuum interface. We find that by perturbing the initial velocity of the plume the slab can develop kink-like motion which disrupts its propagation.
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spellingShingle Characterization of the stability and dynamics of a laser-produced plasma expanding across strong magnetic field
Yao, Weipeng
Capitaine, Julien
Khiar, Benjamin
Vinci, Tommaso
Burdonov, Konstantin
Béard, Jérôme
Fuchs, Julien
Ciardi, Andrea
Plasma Physics
Magnetized laser-produced plasmas are central to many new studies in laboratory astrophysics, inertial confinement fusion, and industrial applications. Here we present the results of large-scale, three-dimensional magneto-hydrodynamic simulations of the dynamics of a laser-produced plasma expanding into a transverse magnetic field with a strength of tens of Tesla. The simulations show the plasma is confined by the strong magnetic field into a slender slab structured by the magnetized Rayleigh-Taylor instability that develops at the plasma-vacuum interface. We find that by perturbing the initial velocity of the plume the slab can develop kink-like motion which disrupts its propagation.
title Characterization of the stability and dynamics of a laser-produced plasma expanding across strong magnetic field
topic Plasma Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2105.13800