First Measurements of Rayleigh-Taylor-Induced Magnetic Fields in Laser-Produced Plasmas
The first experimental demonstration of Rayleigh-Taylor-induced magnetic fields due to the Biermann battery effect has been made. Experiments with laser-irradiated plastic foils were performed to investigate these illusive fields using a monoenergetic proton radiography system. Path-integrated B fie...
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| author | Casey, Daniel Thomas Frenje, Johan A. Li, Chikang Manuel, Mario J.-E. Petrasso, Richard D. Seguin, Fredrick Hampton Betti, R. Hager, J. D. Hu, S. X. Meyerhofer, D. D. Smalyuk, V. A. |
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| author_facet | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Plasma Science and Fusion Center Casey, Daniel Thomas Frenje, Johan A. Li, Chikang Manuel, Mario J.-E. Petrasso, Richard D. Seguin, Fredrick Hampton Betti, R. Hager, J. D. Hu, S. X. Meyerhofer, D. D. Smalyuk, V. A. |
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| description | The first experimental demonstration of Rayleigh-Taylor-induced magnetic fields due to the Biermann battery effect has been made. Experiments with laser-irradiated plastic foils were performed to investigate these illusive fields using a monoenergetic proton radiography system. Path-integrated B field strength measurements were inferred from radiographs and found to increase from 10 to 100 T μm during the linear growth phase for 120 μm perturbations. Proton fluence modulations were corrected for Coulomb scattering using measured areal density profiles from x-ray radiographs. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/735132022-10-01T15:02:28Z First Measurements of Rayleigh-Taylor-Induced Magnetic Fields in Laser-Produced Plasmas Casey, Daniel Thomas Frenje, Johan A. Li, Chikang Manuel, Mario J.-E. Petrasso, Richard D. Seguin, Fredrick Hampton Betti, R. Hager, J. D. Hu, S. X. Meyerhofer, D. D. Smalyuk, V. A. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Plasma Science and Fusion Center Casey, Daniel Thomas Frenje, Johan A. Li, Chikang Manuel, Mario J.-E. Petrasso, Richard D. Seguin, Fredrick Hampton The first experimental demonstration of Rayleigh-Taylor-induced magnetic fields due to the Biermann battery effect has been made. Experiments with laser-irradiated plastic foils were performed to investigate these illusive fields using a monoenergetic proton radiography system. Path-integrated B field strength measurements were inferred from radiographs and found to increase from 10 to 100 T μm during the linear growth phase for 120 μm perturbations. Proton fluence modulations were corrected for Coulomb scattering using measured areal density profiles from x-ray radiographs. United States. Dept. of Energy (grant DE-FG52-09NA29553) University of Rochester. Fusion Science Center (grant 415023-G) University of Rochester. Laboratory for Laser Energetics (grant 414090-G) Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (grant B580243) National Laser User’s Facility (grant DE-NA0000877) 2012-10-01T16:37:14Z 2012-10-01T16:37:14Z 2012-06 2012-02 Article http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle 0031-9007 1079-7114 http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/73513 Manuel, M. et al. “First Measurements of Rayleigh-Taylor-Induced Magnetic Fields in Laser-Produced Plasmas.” Physical Review Letters 108.25 (2012): 255006. © 2012 American Physical Society. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6919-4881 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1020-3501 en_US http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.108.255006 Physical Review Letters Article is made available in accordance with the publisher's policy and may be subject to US copyright law. Please refer to the publisher's site for terms of use. application/pdf American Physical Society APS |
| spellingShingle | Casey, Daniel Thomas Frenje, Johan A. Li, Chikang Manuel, Mario J.-E. Petrasso, Richard D. Seguin, Fredrick Hampton Betti, R. Hager, J. D. Hu, S. X. Meyerhofer, D. D. Smalyuk, V. A. First Measurements of Rayleigh-Taylor-Induced Magnetic Fields in Laser-Produced Plasmas |
| title | First Measurements of Rayleigh-Taylor-Induced Magnetic Fields in Laser-Produced Plasmas |
| title_full | First Measurements of Rayleigh-Taylor-Induced Magnetic Fields in Laser-Produced Plasmas |
| title_fullStr | First Measurements of Rayleigh-Taylor-Induced Magnetic Fields in Laser-Produced Plasmas |
| title_full_unstemmed | First Measurements of Rayleigh-Taylor-Induced Magnetic Fields in Laser-Produced Plasmas |
| title_short | First Measurements of Rayleigh-Taylor-Induced Magnetic Fields in Laser-Produced Plasmas |
| title_sort | first measurements of rayleigh taylor induced magnetic fields in laser produced plasmas |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/73513 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6919-4881 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1020-3501 |
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