Measurements of the Canonical Helicity of a Gyrating Kink
Abstract
Conversions between magnetic and kinetic energy occur over a range of plasma scales in astrophysical and solar dynamos and reconnection in the solar corona and the laboratory. Canonical flux tubes reconcile all plasma regimes with concepts of twists, writhes, and linkages. We present measurements of canonical flux tubes, their helicity, and their helicity transport in a gyrating plasma kink. The helicity gauge is removed with general techniques valid even if only a limited section of the plasma is measured. Temporal asymmetries in the helicities confirm irreducible 3D fields in the kink.
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- Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Fusion Energy Sciences (FES); National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA); National Science Foundation (NSF)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1460609
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- OSTI ID: 1465280
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- LLNL-JRNL-747364
Journal ID: ISSN 0031-9007; PRLTAO; 035001
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- SC0010340; AC52-07NA27344; NNHIOA044I-Basic
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- Published Article
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- Physical Review Letters
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- Journal Name: Physical Review Letters Journal Volume: 121 Journal Issue: 3; Journal ID: ISSN 0031-9007
- Publisher:
- American Physical Society
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY; dynamo theory; magnetic field generation & plasma dynamo; magnetic reconnection
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von der Linden, Jens, Sears, Jason, Intrator, Thomas, and You, Setthivoine. Measurements of the Canonical Helicity of a Gyrating Kink. United States: N. p., 2018.
Web. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.121.035001.
von der Linden, Jens, Sears, Jason, Intrator, Thomas, & You, Setthivoine. Measurements of the Canonical Helicity of a Gyrating Kink. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.121.035001
von der Linden, Jens, Sears, Jason, Intrator, Thomas, and You, Setthivoine. Tue .
"Measurements of the Canonical Helicity of a Gyrating Kink". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.121.035001.
@article{osti_1460609,
title = {Measurements of the Canonical Helicity of a Gyrating Kink},
author = {von der Linden, Jens and Sears, Jason and Intrator, Thomas and You, Setthivoine},
abstractNote = {Conversions between magnetic and kinetic energy occur over a range of plasma scales in astrophysical and solar dynamos and reconnection in the solar corona and the laboratory. Canonical flux tubes reconcile all plasma regimes with concepts of twists, writhes, and linkages. We present measurements of canonical flux tubes, their helicity, and their helicity transport in a gyrating plasma kink. The helicity gauge is removed with general techniques valid even if only a limited section of the plasma is measured. Temporal asymmetries in the helicities confirm irreducible 3D fields in the kink.},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevLett.121.035001},
journal = {Physical Review Letters},
number = 3,
volume = 121,
place = {United States},
year = {2018},
month = {7}
}
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