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 magne...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.展开更多
基金This work was supported by funding from the European Research Council(ERC)under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program(Grant Agreement No.787539)The research leading to these results is supported by Extreme Light Infrastructure Nuclear Physics(ELI-NP)Phase II a project co-financed by the Romanian Government and European Union through the European Regional Development Fund+1 种基金the Project No.ELI-RO-2020-23 funded by IFA(Romania)This work was also granted access to the HPC resources of MesoPSL financed by the Region Ile de France and the project Equip at Meso(Reference No.ANR-10-EQPX-29-01)of the program Investissements d’Avenir supervised by the National Agency for Research.
文摘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.
