Observation of energetic protons trapped in laboratory magnetic-tower jets
Preliminary results of the self-emission of charged particles from magnetically driven plasma jets has been investigated. The jets were launched and driven by a toroidal magnetic field generated by introducing a ∼ 1.4 MA, 250 ns electrical current pulse from the MAGPIE generator into a radial wire a...
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| author | Suzuki-Vidal, F Patankar, S Lebedev, S Bland, SN Doyle, H Bigourd, D Burdiak, G de Grouchy, P Hall, G Harvey-Thompson, A Khoory, E Pickworth, L Skidmore, J Smith, R Swadling, G |
| author_facet | Suzuki-Vidal, F Patankar, S Lebedev, S Bland, SN Doyle, H Bigourd, D Burdiak, G de Grouchy, P Hall, G Harvey-Thompson, A Khoory, E Pickworth, L Skidmore, J Smith, R Swadling, G |
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| description | Preliminary results of the self-emission of charged particles from magnetically driven plasma jets has been investigated. The jets were launched and driven by a toroidal magnetic field generated by introducing a ∼ 1.4 MA, 250 ns electrical current pulse from the MAGPIE generator into a radial wire array. This configuration has shown to reproduce some aspects of the astrophysical magnetic-tower jet launching model, in which a jet is collimated by a toroidal magnetic field inside a magnetic cavity. The emission of ions and protons from the plasma was recorded onto Columbia Resin 39 plates using time-integrated pinhole cameras. In addition a fly-eye camera, an array of 25-496 cylindrical apertures allowed estimating the location of the ion emitting source. The results show the ion emission comes from both the jet and its surrounding magnetic cavity, with the emission extending to a height of at least ∼ 9 cm from the initial position of the wires. The emission of ions is consistent with the dynamics of the jet obtained from time-resolved imaging diagnostics, i.e. optical laser probing and self-emission of the plasma in the extreme ultra-violet. These preliminary results suggest the ions are trapped inside the cavity due to the strong toroidal magnetic field which drives the jet. In addition these studies provide first estimates of the energy and fluence of protons for future laser-driven proton probing diagnostics aimed at measuring the magnetic field in these experiments. © IOP Publishing and Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:33bdb16d-61b1-455a-bdb1-8fe6798f41772022-03-26T13:22:05ZObservation of energetic protons trapped in laboratory magnetic-tower jetsJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:33bdb16d-61b1-455a-bdb1-8fe6798f4177EnglishSymplectic Elements at Oxford2013Suzuki-Vidal, FPatankar, SLebedev, SBland, SNDoyle, HBigourd, DBurdiak, Gde Grouchy, PHall, GHarvey-Thompson, AKhoory, EPickworth, LSkidmore, JSmith, RSwadling, GPreliminary results of the self-emission of charged particles from magnetically driven plasma jets has been investigated. The jets were launched and driven by a toroidal magnetic field generated by introducing a ∼ 1.4 MA, 250 ns electrical current pulse from the MAGPIE generator into a radial wire array. This configuration has shown to reproduce some aspects of the astrophysical magnetic-tower jet launching model, in which a jet is collimated by a toroidal magnetic field inside a magnetic cavity. The emission of ions and protons from the plasma was recorded onto Columbia Resin 39 plates using time-integrated pinhole cameras. In addition a fly-eye camera, an array of 25-496 cylindrical apertures allowed estimating the location of the ion emitting source. The results show the ion emission comes from both the jet and its surrounding magnetic cavity, with the emission extending to a height of at least ∼ 9 cm from the initial position of the wires. The emission of ions is consistent with the dynamics of the jet obtained from time-resolved imaging diagnostics, i.e. optical laser probing and self-emission of the plasma in the extreme ultra-violet. These preliminary results suggest the ions are trapped inside the cavity due to the strong toroidal magnetic field which drives the jet. In addition these studies provide first estimates of the energy and fluence of protons for future laser-driven proton probing diagnostics aimed at measuring the magnetic field in these experiments. © IOP Publishing and Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft. |
| spellingShingle | Suzuki-Vidal, F Patankar, S Lebedev, S Bland, SN Doyle, H Bigourd, D Burdiak, G de Grouchy, P Hall, G Harvey-Thompson, A Khoory, E Pickworth, L Skidmore, J Smith, R Swadling, G Observation of energetic protons trapped in laboratory magnetic-tower jets |
| title | Observation of energetic protons trapped in laboratory magnetic-tower jets |
| title_full | Observation of energetic protons trapped in laboratory magnetic-tower jets |
| title_fullStr | Observation of energetic protons trapped in laboratory magnetic-tower jets |
| title_full_unstemmed | Observation of energetic protons trapped in laboratory magnetic-tower jets |
| title_short | Observation of energetic protons trapped in laboratory magnetic-tower jets |
| title_sort | observation of energetic protons trapped in laboratory magnetic tower jets |
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