TY - JOUR
T1 - Spatial and temporal plasma evolutions of magnetic reconnection in laser produced plasmas
AU - Khasanah, N.
AU - Peng, C. W.
AU - Chen, C. H.
AU - Huang, T. Y.
AU - Bolouki, N.
AU - Moritaka, T.
AU - Hara, Y.
AU - Shimogawara, H.
AU - Sano, T.
AU - Sakawa, Y.
AU - Sato, Y.
AU - Tomita, K.
AU - Uchino, K.
AU - Matsukiyo, S.
AU - Shoji, Y.
AU - Tomita, S.
AU - Tomiya, S.
AU - Yamazaki, R.
AU - Koenig, M.
AU - Kuramitsu, Y.
N1 - Funding Information:
We would like to appreciate the technical supports from Institute of Laser Engineering. This work was supported by the Ministry of Science and Technology under Grant No. MOST-103 -2112 -M-008-001-MY2, MOST 104-2112-M-008 -013 -MY3, and MOST 105-2112-M-008 -003 -MY3, and by JSPS KAKENHI Grant Numbers JP15H02154.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 Elsevier B.V.
PY - 2017/6/1
Y1 - 2017/6/1
N2 - Magnetic reconnection is experimentally investigated in laser produced plasmas. By irradiating a solid target with a high-power laser beam, a magnetic bubble is generated due to the Biermann effect. When two laser beams with finite focal spot displacements are utilized, two magnetic bubbles are generated, and the magnetic reconnection can take place. We measure the spatial and temporal plasma evolutions with optical diagnostics using framing camera. We observed the plasma jets, which are considered to be reconnection out flows. Spatial and temporal scales of the plasma jets are much larger than those of laser. The magnetic reconnection time has been estimated from the expansion velocity, which is consistent with the Sweet-Parker model.
AB - Magnetic reconnection is experimentally investigated in laser produced plasmas. By irradiating a solid target with a high-power laser beam, a magnetic bubble is generated due to the Biermann effect. When two laser beams with finite focal spot displacements are utilized, two magnetic bubbles are generated, and the magnetic reconnection can take place. We measure the spatial and temporal plasma evolutions with optical diagnostics using framing camera. We observed the plasma jets, which are considered to be reconnection out flows. Spatial and temporal scales of the plasma jets are much larger than those of laser. The magnetic reconnection time has been estimated from the expansion velocity, which is consistent with the Sweet-Parker model.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.hedp.2017.02.004
DO - 10.1016/j.hedp.2017.02.004
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85014466054
SN - 1574-1818
VL - 23
SP - 15
EP - 19
JO - High Energy Density Physics
JF - High Energy Density Physics
ER -