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Plasmoid ejection and secondary current sheet generation from magnetic reconnection in laser-plasma interaction

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dc.contributor.authorDong, Quan-Li, author
dc.contributor.authorWang, Shou-Jun, author
dc.contributor.authorLu, Quan-Ming, author
dc.contributor.authorHuang, Can, author
dc.contributor.authorYuan, Da-Wei, author
dc.contributor.authorLiu, Xun, author
dc.contributor.authorLin, Xiao-Xuan, author
dc.contributor.authorLi, Yu-Tong, author
dc.contributor.authorWei, Hui-Gang, author
dc.contributor.authorZhong, Jia-Yong, author
dc.contributor.authorShi, Jian-Rong, author
dc.contributor.authorJiang, Shao-En, author
dc.contributor.authorDing, Yong-Kun, author
dc.contributor.authorJiang, Bo-Bin, author
dc.contributor.authorDu, Kai, author
dc.contributor.authorHe, Xian-Tu, author
dc.contributor.authorYu, M. Y., author
dc.contributor.authorLiu, C. S., author
dc.contributor.authorWang, Shui, author
dc.contributor.authorTang, Yong-Jian, author
dc.contributor.authorZhu, Jian-Qiang, author
dc.contributor.authorZhao, Gang, author
dc.contributor.authorSheng, Zheng-Ming, author
dc.contributor.authorZhang, Jie, author
dc.contributor.authorAmerican Physical Society, publisher
dc.date.accessioned2020-04-28T18:38:18Z
dc.date.available2020-04-28T18:38:18Z
dc.date.issued2012-05-25
dc.description.abstractReconnection of the self-generated magnetic fields in laser-plasma interaction was first investigated experimentally by Nilson et al. [Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 255001 (2006)] by shining two laser pulses a distance apart on a solid target layer. An elongated current sheet (CS) was observed in the plasma between the two laser spots. In order to more closely model magnetotail reconnection, here two side-by-side thin target layers, instead of a single one, are used. It is found that at one end of the elongated CS a fanlike electron outflow region including three well-collimated electron jets appears. The (>1 MeV) tail of the jet energy distribution exhibits a power-law scaling. The enhanced electron acceleration is attributed to the intense inductive electric field in the narrow electron dominated reconnection region, as well as additional acceleration as they are trapped inside the rapidly moving plasmoid formed in and ejected from the CS. The ejection also induces a secondary CS.
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dc.identifier.bibliographicCitationDong, Quan-Li et al. “Plasmoid Ejection and Secondary Current Sheet Generation from Magnetic Reconnection in Laser-Plasma Interaction.” Physical review letters 108.21 (2012): 215001. Web. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.108.215001
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.108.215001
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10217/206011
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherColorado State University. Libraries
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dc.rights©2012 American Physical Society. APS has adopted the guiding principle that its journals will embrace open access publishing to the maximum extent possible, consistent with the financial stability of the Society. https://journals.aps.org/prl/edannounce/PhysRevLett.106.070001.
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dc.subjectelectric fields
dc.subjectcollimation
dc.subjectlaser plasma interactions
dc.subjectlasers
dc.subjectthin films
dc.subjectelongation
dc.subjectplasma interactions
dc.subjectelectron acceleration
dc.subjectelectric power distribution
dc.subjectenergy distribution
dc.subjectplasma physics
dc.subjectsolar and stellar astrophysics
dc.titlePlasmoid ejection and secondary current sheet generation from magnetic reconnection in laser-plasma interaction
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