Enhanced x-ray emission arising from laser-plasma confinement by a strong transverse magnetic field

Autor: Amira Guediche, Julien Fuchs, S. A. Pikuz, J. Béard, K. F. Burdonov, S. Bolaños, W. P. Yao, M. V. Starodubtsev, Jack Hare, E. D. Filippov, G. Revet, Igor Yu. Skobelev, Denis Romanovsky, Sophia Chen, S. S. Makarov, Andrea Ciardi
Přispěvatelé: University of Nizhny Novgorod, Joint Institute for High Temperatures of the RAS (JIHT), Russian Academy of Sciences [Moscow] (RAS), Lomonosov Moscow State University (MSU), Institute of Applied Physics of RAS, Laboratoire pour l'utilisation des lasers intenses (LULI), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-École polytechnique (X)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire d'Etude du Rayonnement et de la Matière en Astrophysique (LERMA (UMR_8112)), Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-CY Cergy Paris Université (CY), Laboratoire national des champs magnétiques intenses - Toulouse (LNCMI-T), Institut National des Sciences Appliquées - Toulouse (INSA Toulouse), Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA), Horia Hulubei National Institute for Physics and Nuclear Engineering, Imperial College London, The National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute) [Moscow, Russia], Lobachevsky State University [Nizhni Novgorod], Laboratoire d'Etude du Rayonnement et de la Matière en Astrophysique et Atmosphères = Laboratory for Studies of Radiation and Matter in Astrophysics and Atmospheres (LERMA), École normale supérieure - Paris (ENS-PSL), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-CY Cergy Paris Université (CY), Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA)
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports, Nature Publishing Group, 2021, 11 (1), pp.8180. ⟨10.1038/s41598-021-87651-8⟩
Scientific Reports, 2021, 11 (1), pp.8180. ⟨10.1038/s41598-021-87651-8⟩
Scientific Reports, Vol 11, Iss 1, Pp 1-14 (2021)
ISSN: 2045-2322
Popis: We analyze, using experiments and 3D MHD numerical simulations, the dynamics and radiative properties of a plasma ablated by a laser (1 ns, 10$^{12}$-10$^{13}$ W/cm$^2$) from a solid target, as it expands into a homogeneous, strong magnetic field (up to 30 T) transverse to its main expansion axis. We find that as soon as 2 ns after the start of the expansion, the plasma becomes constrained by the magnetic field. As the magnetic field strength is increased, more plasma is confined close to the target and is heated by magnetic compression. We also observe a dense slab that rapidly expands into vacuum after ~ 8 ns; however, this slab contains only ~ 2 % of the total plasma. As a result of the higher density and increased heating of the confined plasma, there is a net enhancement of the total x-ray emissivity induced by the magnetization.
15 pages, 4 figures, Supplementary Information, submitted to PRL
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