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

Journal Article · Fri Mar 30 00:00:00 EDT 2007 · Physical Review Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PHYSREVLETT.98.135002· OSTI ID:20951190

Tripathi, S K. P.; Bellan, P M; Yun, G S ^[1]

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

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.

• OSTI ID: 20951190
• Journal Information: Physical Review Letters, Vol. 98, Issue 13; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.98.135002; (c) 2007 The American Physical Society; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0031-9007
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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