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Title: Laboratory evidence of dynamo amplification of magnetic fields in a turbulent plasma

Journal Article · · Nature Communications
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  1. Univ. of Oxford (United Kingdom). Dept. of Physics; Univ. of Chicago, IL (United States). Dept. of Astronomy and Astrophysics
  2. Univ. of Oxford (United Kingdom). Dept. of Physics
  3. Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC), Oxford (United Kingdom). Rutherford Appleton Lab. (RAL); Univ. of Strathclyde, Glasgow (United Kingdom). Dept. of Physics
  4. Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA), Arpajon (France). Dept. of the Military Applications (DAM)
  5. Univ. of Chicago, IL (United States). Dept. of Astronomy and Astrophysics
  6. Max Planck Inst. for Astrophysics, Garching (Germany)
  7. Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
  8. SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)
  9. Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI (United States). Physics Dept.
  10. AWE, Aldermaston, Reading, West Berkshire (United Kingdom)
  11. Univ. of Rochester, NY (United States). Lab. for Laser Energetics
  12. Ecole Polytechnique, Palaiseau (France). Laboratoire pour l'Utilisation des Lasers Intenses (LULI)
  13. Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States)
  14. Ulsan National Inst. of Science and Technology (UNIST), Ulsan (Korea). Dept. of Physics
  15. Queens Univ., Belfast (United Kingdom). School of Mathematics and Physics
  16. Federal Inst. of Technology, Zurich (Switzerland). Dept. of Physics

Research Organization:
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC), Menlo Park, CA (United States); Univ. of Chicago, IL (United States); Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA); European Union (EU); National Science Foundation (NSF)
Grant/Contract Number:
AC02-76SF00515; B591485; NA0002724; SC0016566; NA0001944; NA0003539; PHY-1619573; AC02-06CH11357; EP/M022331/1; EP/N014472/1; AC52-07NA27344
OSTI ID:
1423569
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 1495709; OSTI ID: 1769147
Report Number(s):
LLNL-JRNL-740393; PII: 2953; TRN: US1801813
Journal Information:
Nature Communications, Vol. 9, Issue 1; ISSN 2041-1723
Publisher:
Nature Publishing GroupCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Citation Metrics:
Cited by: 87 works
Citation information provided by
Web of Science

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Numerical simulation of magnetized jet creation using a hollow ring of laser beams journal February 2019
Design of a new turbulent dynamo experiment on the OMEGA-EP journal March 2019
Asymmetric and endogenous magnetic reconnection processes in quasi-collisionless plasmas journal April 2019
Characterizing filamentary magnetic structures in counter-streaming plasmas by Fourier analysis of proton images journal October 2019
Long-duration direct drive hydrodynamics experiments on the National Ignition Facility: Platform development and numerical modeling with CHIC journal August 2019
MPRAD: A Monte Carlo and ray-tracing code for the proton radiography in high-energy-density plasma experiments journal December 2019
Modeling hydrodynamics, magnetic fields, and synthetic radiographs for high-energy-density plasma flows in shock-shear targets journal January 2020
From ICF to laboratory astrophysics: ablative and classical Rayleigh–Taylor instability experiments in turbulent-like regimes journal December 2018
Self-driven current generation in turbulent fusion plasmas journal June 2019
Retrieving fields from proton radiography without source profiles journal September 2019
Magnetohydrodynamical Effects on Nuclear Deflagration Fronts in Type Ia Supernovae journal April 2018
3D Simulations and MLT. I. Renzini’s Critique journal August 2019
Analytical Estimates of Proton Acceleration in Laser-produced Turbulent Plasmas image January 2018
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Magneto-Hydrodynamical Effects on Nuclear Deflagration Fronts in Type Ia Supernovae text January 2017
3D Simulations and MLT: I. Renzini's Critique text January 2018
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