Laboratory Simulation of Arched Magnetic Flux Rope Eruptions in the Solar Atmosphere

Journal Article · Fri Aug 13 00:00:00 EDT 2010 · Physical Review Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PHYSREVLETT.105.075005· OSTI ID:21470961

Tripathi, S K. P.; Gekelman, W ^[1]

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1. Physics and Astronomy, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90095 (United States)

Dramatic eruption of an arched magnetic flux rope in a large ambient plasma has been studied in a laboratory experiment that simulates coronal loops. The eruption is initiated by laser generated plasma flows from the footpoints of the rope that significantly modify the magnetic-field topology and link the magnetic-field lines of the rope with the ambient plasma. Following this event, the flux rope erupts by releasing its plasma into the background. The resulting impulse excites intense magnetosonic waves that transfer energy to the ambient plasma and subsequently decay.

• OSTI ID: 21470961
• Journal Information: Physical Review Letters, Vol. 105, Issue 7; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.105.075005; (c) 2010 American Institute of Physics; ISSN 0031-9007
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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