Characterization of the stability and dynamics of a laser-produced plasma expanding across a strong magnetic field

Yao Weipeng; Capitaine Julien; Khiar Benjamin; Vinci Tommaso; Burdonov Konstantin; Béard Jérôme; Fuchs Julien; Ciardi Andrea

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Yao Weipeng, Capitaine Julien, Khiar Benjamin, Vinci Tommaso, Burdonov Konstantin, Béard Jérôme, Fuchs Julien, Ciardi Andrea. Characterization of the stability and dynamics of a laser-produced plasma expanding across a strong magnetic field[J]. Matter and Radiation at Extremes, 2022, 7(2): 026903. doi: 10.1063/5.0058306

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Yao Weipeng, Capitaine Julien, Khiar Benjamin, Vinci Tommaso, Burdonov Konstantin, Béard Jérôme, Fuchs Julien, Ciardi Andrea. Characterization of the stability and dynamics of a laser-produced plasma expanding across a strong magnetic field[J]. Matter and Radiation at Extremes, 2022, 7(2): 026903. doi: 10.1063/5.0058306

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Yao Weipeng, Capitaine Julien, Khiar Benjamin, Vinci Tommaso, Burdonov Konstantin, Béard Jérôme, Fuchs Julien, Ciardi Andrea. Characterization of the stability and dynamics of a laser-produced plasma expanding across a strong magnetic field[J]. Matter and Radiation at Extremes, 2022, 7(2): 026903. doi: 10.1063/5.0058306

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Characterization of the stability and dynamics of a laser-produced plasma expanding across a strong magnetic field

doi: 10.1063/5.0058306

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LULI–CNRS, CEA, Sorbonne Université, Ecole Polytechnique, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, F-91128 Palaiseau cedex, France
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Sorbonne Université, Observatoire de Paris, Université PSL, CNRS, LERMA, F-75005 Paris, France
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Office National d’Etudes et de Recherches Aérospatiales (ONERA), F-91123 Palaiseau, France
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IAP, Russian Academy of Sciences, 603950 Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
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LNCMI, UPR 3228, CNRS-UGA-UPS-INSA, F-31400 Toulouse, France

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Corresponding author: a)Author to whom correspondence should be addressed: yao.weipeng@polytechnique.edu
Received Date: 2021-05-28
Accepted Date: 2022-02-16

Available Online: 2022-03-01

Publish Date: 2022-03-01

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Magnetized laser-produced plasmas are central to many studies in laboratory astrophysics, in inertial confinement fusion, and in industrial applications. Here, we present the results of large-scale three-dimensional magnetohydrodynamic simulations of the dynamics of a laser-produced plasma expanding into a transverse magnetic field with a strength of tens of teslas. The simulations show the plasma being confined by the strong magnetic field into a slender slab structured by the magnetized Rayleigh–Taylor instability that develops at the plasma–vacuum interface. We find that when the initial velocity of the plume is perturbed, the slab can develop kink-like motions that disrupt its propagation.

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