Scaled laboratory experiments explain the kink behaviour of the Crab Nebula jet

Scaled laboratory experiments explain the kink behaviour of the Crab Nebula jet

The remarkable discovery by the Chandra X-ray observatory that the Crab nebula's jet periodically changes direction provides a challenge to our understanding of astrophysical jet dynamics. It has been suggested that this phenomenon may be the consequence of magnetic fields and magnetohydrodynam...

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Main Authors: Tzeferacos, P. (Author), Lamb, D. (Author), Gregori, G. (Author), Norreys, P. A. (Author), Follett, R. K. (Author), Froula, D. H. (Author), Koenig, M. (Author), Amendt, P. A. (Author), Park, H. S. (Author), Remington, B. A. (Author), Ryutov, D. D. (Author), Wilks, S. C. (Author), Betti, R. (Author), Frank, A. (Author), Hu, S. X. (Author), Sangster, T. C. (Author), Hartigan, P. (Author), Drake, R. P. (Author), Kuranz, C. C. (Author), Lebedev, S. V. (Author), Woolsey, N. C. (Author), Li, Chikang (Contributor), Rosenberg, Michael Jonathan (Contributor), Frenje, Johan A (Contributor), Rinderknecht, Hans George (Contributor), Sio, Hong Weng (Contributor), Zylstra, Alex Bennett (Contributor), Petrasso, Richard D (Contributor), Seguin, Fredrick Hampton (Contributor)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics (Contributor), Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Plasma Science and Fusion Center (Contributor)
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Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group, 2017-04-19T20:17:39Z.
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