@article{Ciardi:2007:10.1063/1.2436479,
author = {Ciardi, A and Lebedev, SV and Frank, A and Blackman, EG and Chittenden, JP and Jennings, CJ and Ampleford, DJ and Bland, SN and Bott, SC and Rapley, J and Hall, GN and Suzuki-Vidal, FA and Marocchino, A and Lery, T and Stehle, C},
doi = {10.1063/1.2436479},
journal = {Physics of Plasmas},
title = {The evolution of magnetic tower jets in the laboratory},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2436479},
volume = {14},
year = {2007}
}

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AB  - The evolution of laboratory produced magnetic jets is followed numerically throughthree-dimensional, nonideal magnetohydrodynamic simulations. The experiments are designed tostudy the interaction of a purely toroidal field with an extended plasma background medium. Thesystem is observed to evolve into a structure consisting of an approximately cylindrical magneticcavity with an embedded magnetically confined jet on its axis. The supersonic expansion producesa shell of swept-up shocked plasma that surrounds and partially confines the magnetic tower.Currents initially flow along the walls of the cavity and in the jet but the development ofcurrent-driven instabilities leads to the disruption of the jet and a rearrangement of the field andcurrents. The top of the cavity breaks up, and a well-collimated, radiatively cooled, “clumpy” jetemerges from the system.
AU  - Ciardi,A
AU  - Lebedev,SV
AU  - Frank,A
AU  - Blackman,EG
AU  - Chittenden,JP
AU  - Jennings,CJ
AU  - Ampleford,DJ
AU  - Bland,SN
AU  - Bott,SC
AU  - Rapley,J
AU  - Hall,GN
AU  - Suzuki-Vidal,FA
AU  - Marocchino,A
AU  - Lery,T
AU  - Stehle,C
DO  - 10.1063/1.2436479
PY  - 2007///
SN  - 1089-7674
TI  - The evolution of magnetic tower jets in the laboratory
T2  - Physics of Plasmas
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2436479
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/26434
VL  - 14
ER  - 

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