Inefficient Magnetic-Field Amplification in Supersonic Laser-Plasma Turbulence
Abstract
We report a laser-plasma experiment that was carried out at the LMJ-PETAL facility and realized the first magnetized, turbulent, supersonic (Maturb ≈ 2:5) plasma with a large magnetic Reynolds number (Rm ≈ 45) in the laboratory. Initial seed magnetic fields were amplified but only moderately so, and did not become dynamically significant. A notable absence of magnetic energy at scales smaller than the outer scale of the turbulent cascade was also observed. Our results support the notion that moderately supersonic, low-magnetic-Prandtl-number plasma turbulence is inefficient at amplifying magnetic fields compared to its subsonic, incompressible counterpart.
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- Univ. of Rochester, NY (United States). Lab. for Laser Energetics
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA); USDOE Office of Science (SC); Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC); National Science Foundation (NSF); National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF); French National Research Agency (ANR)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1826830
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1846950
- Grant/Contract Number:
- NA0002724; NA0003605; NA0003934; SC0016566; AC02-06CH11357; NA0003856; NA0003539; 57789; 536203; B632670; EP/M022331/1; EP/N014472/1; EP/RO34737/1; PHY-1619573; PHY-2033925; AST-1908551; 2016R1A5A1013277; 2020R1A2C2102800; ANR-10-EQPX-42-01
- Resource Type:
- Published Article
- Journal Name:
- Physical Review Letters
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Name: Physical Review Letters Journal Volume: 127 Journal Issue: 17; Journal ID: ISSN 0031-9007
- Publisher:
- American Physical Society
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY; magnetohydrodynamics; small-scale turbulent dynamo; supersonic turbulence
Citation Formats
Bott, A. F. A., Chen, L., Boutoux, G., Caillaud, T., Duval, A., Koenig, M., Khiar, B., Lantuéjoul, I., Le-Deroff, L., Reville, B., Rosch, R., Ryu, D., Spindloe, C., Vauzour, B., Villette, B., Schekochihin, A. A., Lamb, D. Q., Tzeferacos, P., Gregori, G., and Casner, A. Inefficient Magnetic-Field Amplification in Supersonic Laser-Plasma Turbulence. United States: N. p., 2021.
Web. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.127.175002.
Bott, A. F. A., Chen, L., Boutoux, G., Caillaud, T., Duval, A., Koenig, M., Khiar, B., Lantuéjoul, I., Le-Deroff, L., Reville, B., Rosch, R., Ryu, D., Spindloe, C., Vauzour, B., Villette, B., Schekochihin, A. A., Lamb, D. Q., Tzeferacos, P., Gregori, G., & Casner, A. Inefficient Magnetic-Field Amplification in Supersonic Laser-Plasma Turbulence. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.127.175002
Bott, A. F. A., Chen, L., Boutoux, G., Caillaud, T., Duval, A., Koenig, M., Khiar, B., Lantuéjoul, I., Le-Deroff, L., Reville, B., Rosch, R., Ryu, D., Spindloe, C., Vauzour, B., Villette, B., Schekochihin, A. A., Lamb, D. Q., Tzeferacos, P., Gregori, G., and Casner, A. Thu .
"Inefficient Magnetic-Field Amplification in Supersonic Laser-Plasma Turbulence". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.127.175002.
@article{osti_1826830,
title = {Inefficient Magnetic-Field Amplification in Supersonic Laser-Plasma Turbulence},
author = {Bott, A. F. A. and Chen, L. and Boutoux, G. and Caillaud, T. and Duval, A. and Koenig, M. and Khiar, B. and Lantuéjoul, I. and Le-Deroff, L. and Reville, B. and Rosch, R. and Ryu, D. and Spindloe, C. and Vauzour, B. and Villette, B. and Schekochihin, A. A. and Lamb, D. Q. and Tzeferacos, P. and Gregori, G. and Casner, A.},
abstractNote = {We report a laser-plasma experiment that was carried out at the LMJ-PETAL facility and realized the first magnetized, turbulent, supersonic (Maturb ≈ 2:5) plasma with a large magnetic Reynolds number (Rm ≈ 45) in the laboratory. Initial seed magnetic fields were amplified but only moderately so, and did not become dynamically significant. A notable absence of magnetic energy at scales smaller than the outer scale of the turbulent cascade was also observed. Our results support the notion that moderately supersonic, low-magnetic-Prandtl-number plasma turbulence is inefficient at amplifying magnetic fields compared to its subsonic, incompressible counterpart.},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevLett.127.175002},
journal = {Physical Review Letters},
number = 17,
volume = 127,
place = {United States},
year = {2021},
month = {10}
}
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