The generation of magnetic fields by the Biermann battery and the interplay with the Weibel instability

An investigation of magnetic fields generated in an expanding bubble of plasma with misaligned temperature and density gradients (driving the Biermann battery mechanism) is performed. With gradient scales L, large-scale magnetic fields are generated by the Biermann battery mechanism with plasma 1, a...

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Main Authors: Schoeffler, K. M., Fonseca, R. A., Silva, L. O., Gomes Loureiro, Nuno F
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Plasma Science and Fusion Center
Format: Article
Published: American Institute of Physics (AIP) 2018
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/117073
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9755-6563