Published March 30, 2007 | Version v1
Journal article

Observation of Kinetic Plasma Jets in a Coronal-Loop Simulation Experiment

  • 1. Applied Physics, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125 (United States)

Description

Under certain conditions an intense kinetic plasma jet is observed to emerge from the apex of laboratory simulations of coronal plasma loops. Analytic and numerical models show that these jets result from a particle orbit instability in a helical magnetic field whereby magnetic forces radially eject rather than confine ions with sufficiently large countercurrent axial velocity

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physical Review Letters
Journal Volume
98
Journal Issue
13
Journal Page Range
p. 135002-135002.4
ISSN
0031-9007
CODEN
PRLTAO

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
38101416
Subject category
S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS; S70: PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY;
Descriptors DEI
INSTABILITY; MAGNETIC FIELDS; ORBITS; PLASMA; PLASMA JETS; SIMULATION

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(c) 2007 The American Physical Society