Imperial College London
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DrNicolasNiasse

Faculty of Natural Sciences, Department of Physics

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Publications

Citation

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@article{Hare:2017:10.1103/PhysRevLett.118.085001,
author = {Hare, JD and Suttle, L and Lebedev, SV and Loureiro, NF and Ciardi, A and Burdiak, GC and Chittenden, JP and Clayson, T and Garcia, C and Niasse, N and Robinson, T and Smith, RA and Stuart, N and Suzuki-Vidal, F and Swadling, GF and Ma, J and Wu, J and Yang, Q},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevLett.118.085001},
journal = {Physical Review Letters},
title = {Anomalous heating and plasmoid formation in a driven magnetic reconnection experiment},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.118.085001},
volume = {118},
year = {2017}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - We present a detailed study of magnetic reconnection in a quasi-two-dimensional pulsed-power driven laboratory experiment. Oppositely directed magnetic fields (B=3  T), advected by supersonic, sub-Alfvénic carbon plasma flows (Vin=50  km/s), are brought together and mutually annihilate inside a thin current layer (δ=0.6  mm). Temporally and spatially resolved optical diagnostics, including interferometry, Faraday rotation imaging, and Thomson scattering, allow us to determine the structure and dynamics of this layer, the nature of the inflows and outflows, and the detailed energy partition during the reconnection process. We measure high electron and ion temperatures (Te=100  eV, Ti=600  eV), far in excess of what can be attributed to classical (Spitzer) resistive and viscous dissipation. We observe the repeated formation and ejection of plasmoids, consistent with the predictions from semicollisional plasmoid theory.
AU  - Hare,JD
AU  - Suttle,L
AU  - Lebedev,SV
AU  - Loureiro,NF
AU  - Ciardi,A
AU  - Burdiak,GC
AU  - Chittenden,JP
AU  - Clayson,T
AU  - Garcia,C
AU  - Niasse,N
AU  - Robinson,T
AU  - Smith,RA
AU  - Stuart,N
AU  - Suzuki-Vidal,F
AU  - Swadling,GF
AU  - Ma,J
AU  - Wu,J
AU  - Yang,Q
DO  - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.118.085001
PY  - 2017///
SN  - 0031-9007
TI  - Anomalous heating and plasmoid formation in a driven magnetic reconnection experiment
T2  - Physical Review Letters
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.118.085001
UR  - http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000394667300011&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=1ba7043ffcc86c417c072aa74d649202
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/45739
VL  - 118
ER  -
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