Nature Communications (Oct 2016)
Scaled laboratory experiments explain the kink behaviour of the Crab Nebula jet
- C. K. Li,
- P. Tzeferacos,
- D. Lamb,
- G. Gregori,
- P. A. Norreys,
- M. J. Rosenberg,
- R. K. Follett,
- D. H. Froula,
- M. Koenig,
- F. H. Seguin,
- J. A. Frenje,
- H. G. Rinderknecht,
- H. Sio,
- A. B. Zylstra,
- R. D. Petrasso,
- P. A. Amendt,
- H. S. Park,
- B. A. Remington,
- D. D. Ryutov,
- S. C. Wilks,
- R. Betti,
- A. Frank,
- S. X. Hu,
- T. C. Sangster,
- P. Hartigan,
- R. P. Drake,
- C. C. Kuranz,
- S. V. Lebedev,
- N. C. Woolsey
Affiliations
- C. K. Li
- Plasma Science and Fusion Center, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- P. Tzeferacos
- Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Chicago
- D. Lamb
- Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Chicago
- G. Gregori
- Department of Physics, University of Oxford
- P. A. Norreys
- Department of Physics, University of Oxford
- M. J. Rosenberg
- Plasma Science and Fusion Center, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- R. K. Follett
- Laboratory for Laser Energetics, University of Rochester
- D. H. Froula
- Laboratory for Laser Energetics, University of Rochester
- M. Koenig
- LULI-CNRS, Ecole Polytechnique, CEA: Université Paris-Saclay
- F. H. Seguin
- Plasma Science and Fusion Center, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- J. A. Frenje
- Plasma Science and Fusion Center, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- H. G. Rinderknecht
- Plasma Science and Fusion Center, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- H. Sio
- Plasma Science and Fusion Center, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- A. B. Zylstra
- Plasma Science and Fusion Center, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- R. D. Petrasso
- Plasma Science and Fusion Center, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- P. A. Amendt
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
- H. S. Park
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
- B. A. Remington
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
- D. D. Ryutov
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
- S. C. Wilks
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
- R. Betti
- Laboratory for Laser Energetics, University of Rochester
- A. Frank
- Laboratory for Laser Energetics, University of Rochester
- S. X. Hu
- Laboratory for Laser Energetics, University of Rochester
- T. C. Sangster
- Laboratory for Laser Energetics, University of Rochester
- P. Hartigan
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rice University 6100 S. Main
- R. P. Drake
- Department of Atmospheric, Ocean and Space Science, University of Michigan
- C. C. Kuranz
- Department of Atmospheric, Ocean and Space Science, University of Michigan
- S. V. Lebedev
- The Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College London
- N. C. Woolsey
- Department of Physics, University of York
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms13081
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 7,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 8
Abstract
The periodical change of the Crab nebula’s jet direction challenges our understanding of astrophysical jet dynamics. Here the authors use high-power lasers to create a jet that can be directly compared to the Crab nebula’s, and report the detection of plasma instabilities that mimic kink behaviour.
