Anomalous-plasmoid-ejection-induced secondary magnetic reconnection: modeling solar flares and coronal mass ejections by laser–plasma experiments
The driving mechanism of solar flares and coronal mass ejections is a topic of ongoing debate, apart from the consensus that magnetic reconnection plays a key role during the impulsive process. While present solar research mostly depends on observations and theoretical models, laboratory experiments...
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| author | Quanli Dong Dawei Yuan Shoujun Wang Xun Liu Yutong Li Xiaoxuan Lin Huigang Wei Jiayong Zhong Shaoen Jiang Yongkun Ding Bobin Jiang Kai Du Yongjian Tang Mingyang Yu Xiantu He Neng Hua Zhanfeng Qiao Kuixi Huang Ming Chen Jianqiang Zhu Gang Zhao Zhengming Sheng Jie Zhang |
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| description | The driving mechanism of solar flares and coronal mass ejections is a topic of ongoing debate, apart from the consensus that magnetic reconnection plays a key role during the impulsive process. While present solar research mostly depends on observations and theoretical models, laboratory experiments based on high-energy density facilities provide the third method for quantitatively comparing astrophysical observations and models with data achieved in experimental settings. In this article, we show laboratory modeling of solar flares and coronal mass ejections by constructing the magnetic reconnection system with two mutually approaching laser-produced plasmas circumfused of self-generated megagauss magnetic fields. Due to the Euler similarity between the laboratory and solar plasma systems, the present experiments demonstrate the morphological reproduction of flares and coronal mass ejections in solar observations in a scaled sense, and confirm the theory and model predictions about the current-sheet-born anomalous plasmoid as the initial stage of coronal mass ejections, and the behavior of moving-away plasmoid stretching the primary reconnected field lines into a secondary current sheet conjoined with two bright ridges identified as solar flares. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-2a1cbd3abf964687945a5d1329f921682023-03-09T12:35:45ZengCambridge University PressHigh Power Laser Science and Engineering2095-47192052-32892013-03-011111610.1017/hpl.2013.2Anomalous-plasmoid-ejection-induced secondary magnetic reconnection: modeling solar flares and coronal mass ejections by laser–plasma experimentsQuanli Dong0Dawei Yuan1Shoujun Wang2Xun Liu3Yutong Li4Xiaoxuan Lin5Huigang Wei6Jiayong Zhong7Shaoen Jiang8Yongkun Ding9Bobin Jiang10Kai Du11Yongjian Tang12Mingyang Yu13Xiantu He14Neng Hua15Zhanfeng Qiao16Kuixi Huang17Ming Chen18Jianqiang Zhu19Gang Zhao20Zhengming Sheng21Jie Zhang22School of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering, Ludong University, Yantai 260405, China Beijing National Laboratory of Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100080, ChinaBeijing National Laboratory of Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100080, ChinaBeijing National Laboratory of Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100080, ChinaBeijing National Laboratory of Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100080, ChinaBeijing National Laboratory of Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100080, ChinaBeijing National Laboratory of Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100080, ChinaKey Laboratory of Optical Astronomy, National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100012, ChinaKey Laboratory of Optical Astronomy, National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100012, ChinaResearch Center for Laser Fusion, China Academy of Engineering Physics, Mianyang 621900, ChinaResearch Center for Laser Fusion, China Academy of Engineering Physics, Mianyang 621900, ChinaResearch Center for Laser Fusion, China Academy of Engineering Physics, Mianyang 621900, ChinaResearch Center for Laser Fusion, China Academy of Engineering Physics, Mianyang 621900, ChinaResearch Center for Laser Fusion, China Academy of Engineering Physics, Mianyang 621900, ChinaInstitute for Fusion Theory and Simulation, Physics Department, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China Institute for Theoretical Physics I, Ruhr University, D-44780 Bochum, GermanyInstitute for Fusion Theory and Simulation, Physics Department, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China Institute of Applied Physics and Computational Mathematics, Beijing 100094, ChinaNational Laboratory on High Power Lasers and Physics, Shanghai 201800, ChinaNational Laboratory on High Power Lasers and Physics, Shanghai 201800, ChinaNational Laboratory on High Power Lasers and Physics, Shanghai 201800, ChinaNational Laboratory on High Power Lasers and Physics, Shanghai 201800, ChinaNational Laboratory on High Power Lasers and Physics, Shanghai 201800, ChinaKey Laboratory of Optical Astronomy, National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100012, ChinaBeijing National Laboratory of Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100080, China Key Laboratory for Laser Plasmas (MoE) and Department of Physics, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, ChinaBeijing National Laboratory of Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100080, China Key Laboratory for Laser Plasmas (MoE) and Department of Physics, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, ChinaThe driving mechanism of solar flares and coronal mass ejections is a topic of ongoing debate, apart from the consensus that magnetic reconnection plays a key role during the impulsive process. While present solar research mostly depends on observations and theoretical models, laboratory experiments based on high-energy density facilities provide the third method for quantitatively comparing astrophysical observations and models with data achieved in experimental settings. In this article, we show laboratory modeling of solar flares and coronal mass ejections by constructing the magnetic reconnection system with two mutually approaching laser-produced plasmas circumfused of self-generated megagauss magnetic fields. Due to the Euler similarity between the laboratory and solar plasma systems, the present experiments demonstrate the morphological reproduction of flares and coronal mass ejections in solar observations in a scaled sense, and confirm the theory and model predictions about the current-sheet-born anomalous plasmoid as the initial stage of coronal mass ejections, and the behavior of moving-away plasmoid stretching the primary reconnected field lines into a secondary current sheet conjoined with two bright ridges identified as solar flares.https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S2095471913000029/type/journal_articlelaboratory astrophysics; magnetic reconnection; laser plasma; solar flare; coronal mass ejection |
| spellingShingle | Quanli Dong Dawei Yuan Shoujun Wang Xun Liu Yutong Li Xiaoxuan Lin Huigang Wei Jiayong Zhong Shaoen Jiang Yongkun Ding Bobin Jiang Kai Du Yongjian Tang Mingyang Yu Xiantu He Neng Hua Zhanfeng Qiao Kuixi Huang Ming Chen Jianqiang Zhu Gang Zhao Zhengming Sheng Jie Zhang Anomalous-plasmoid-ejection-induced secondary magnetic reconnection: modeling solar flares and coronal mass ejections by laser–plasma experiments High Power Laser Science and Engineering laboratory astrophysics; magnetic reconnection; laser plasma; solar flare; coronal mass ejection |
| title | Anomalous-plasmoid-ejection-induced secondary magnetic reconnection: modeling solar flares and coronal mass ejections by laser–plasma experiments |
| title_full | Anomalous-plasmoid-ejection-induced secondary magnetic reconnection: modeling solar flares and coronal mass ejections by laser–plasma experiments |
| title_fullStr | Anomalous-plasmoid-ejection-induced secondary magnetic reconnection: modeling solar flares and coronal mass ejections by laser–plasma experiments |
| title_full_unstemmed | Anomalous-plasmoid-ejection-induced secondary magnetic reconnection: modeling solar flares and coronal mass ejections by laser–plasma experiments |
| title_short | Anomalous-plasmoid-ejection-induced secondary magnetic reconnection: modeling solar flares and coronal mass ejections by laser–plasma experiments |
| title_sort | anomalous plasmoid ejection induced secondary magnetic reconnection modeling solar flares and coronal mass ejections by laser plasma experiments |
| topic | laboratory astrophysics; magnetic reconnection; laser plasma; solar flare; coronal mass ejection |
| url | https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S2095471913000029/type/journal_article |
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