Slowing of Magnetic Reconnection Concurrent with Weakening Plasma Inflows and Increasing Collisionality in Strongly Driven Laser-Plasma Experiments

Slowing of Magnetic Reconnection Concurrent with Weakening Plasma Inflows and Increasing Collisionality in Strongly Driven Laser-Plasma Experiments

An evolution of magnetic reconnection behavior, from fast jets to the slowing of reconnection and the establishment of a stable current sheet, has been observed in strongly driven, β ≲ 20 laser-produced plasma experiments. This process has been inferred to occur alongside a slowing of plasma inflows...

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Main Authors: Fox, W. (Author), Stoeckl, C. (Author), Li, Chikang (Contributor), Zylstra, Alex Bennett (Contributor), Seguin, Fredrick Hampton (Contributor), Frenje, Johan A. (Contributor), Rosenberg, Michael Jonathan (Contributor), Petrasso, Richard D. (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: American Physical Society, 2015-05-29T17:58:23Z.
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