Nature Communications (Jan 2021)
Observations of pressure anisotropy effects within semi-collisional magnetized plasma bubbles
- E. R. Tubman,
- A. S. Joglekar,
- A. F. A. Bott,
- M. Borghesi,
- B. Coleman,
- G. Cooper,
- C. N. Danson,
- P. Durey,
- J. M. Foster,
- P. Graham,
- G. Gregori,
- E. T. Gumbrell,
- M. P. Hill,
- T. Hodge,
- S. Kar,
- R. J. Kingham,
- M. Read,
- C. P. Ridgers,
- J. Skidmore,
- C. Spindloe,
- A. G. R. Thomas,
- P. Treadwell,
- S. Wilson,
- L. Willingale,
- N. C. Woolsey
Affiliations
- E. R. Tubman
- York Plasma Institute, Department of Physics, University of York
- A. S. Joglekar
- Gérard Mourou Center for Ultrafast Optical Science, University of Michigan
- A. F. A. Bott
- Department of Physics, University of Oxford
- M. Borghesi
- School of Mathematics and Physics, Queen’s University Belfast
- B. Coleman
- School of Mathematics and Physics, Queen’s University Belfast
- G. Cooper
- AWE Aldermaston
- C. N. Danson
- Department of Physics, Imperial College London
- P. Durey
- York Plasma Institute, Department of Physics, University of York
- J. M. Foster
- AWE Aldermaston
- P. Graham
- AWE Aldermaston
- G. Gregori
- Department of Physics, University of Oxford
- E. T. Gumbrell
- Department of Physics, Imperial College London
- M. P. Hill
- AWE Aldermaston
- T. Hodge
- School of Mathematics and Physics, Queen’s University Belfast
- S. Kar
- School of Mathematics and Physics, Queen’s University Belfast
- R. J. Kingham
- Department of Physics, Imperial College London
- M. Read
- York Plasma Institute, Department of Physics, University of York
- C. P. Ridgers
- York Plasma Institute, Department of Physics, University of York
- J. Skidmore
- AWE Aldermaston
- C. Spindloe
- Target Fabrication, Central Laser Facility, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
- A. G. R. Thomas
- Gérard Mourou Center for Ultrafast Optical Science, University of Michigan
- P. Treadwell
- AWE Aldermaston
- S. Wilson
- York Plasma Institute, Department of Physics, University of York
- L. Willingale
- Gérard Mourou Center for Ultrafast Optical Science, University of Michigan
- N. C. Woolsey
- York Plasma Institute, Department of Physics, University of York
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-20387-7
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 12,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 9
Abstract
Magnetic fields can be reorganized by plasma flows and lead to effects such as magnetic reconnection. Here the authors explore the evolution of magnetized-plasma bubbles in a semi-collisional regime and the role of pressure anisotropy in influencing the flow of the laser-produced plasma.
