Astrophysical Explosions Revisited: Collisionless Coupling of Debris to Magnetized Plasma

Le, Ari Yitzchak; Winske, Dan; Stanier, Adam John; Daughton, William Scott; Cowee, Misa; Wetherton, Blake Alastair; Guo, Fan

doi:10.1029/2021ja029125

Title: Astrophysical Explosions Revisited: Collisionless Coupling of Debris to Magnetized Plasma

Journal Article · 09 September 2021 · Journal of Geophysical Research. Space Physics

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1029/2021ja029125 · OSTI ID:1828717

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Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)

The coupling between a rapidly expanding cloud of ionized debris and an ambient magnetized plasma is revisited with a hybrid (kinetic ion/fluid electron) simulation code that allows a study over a wide range of plasma parameters. Over a specified range of hypothetical conditions, simple scaling laws in terms of the total debris mass and explosion speed are derived and verified for the maximal size of the debris cloud and the fraction of debris that free-streams from the burst along the magnetic field. Furthermore, the amount of debris that escapes from the burst with minimal coupling to the background magnetic field increases with the debris gyroradius. Test cases with two different debris species—including a heavy minority species with a relatively large gyroradius—highlight how the collisionless coupling of the debris depends on the single particle trajectories as well as the overall conservation of energy and momentum.

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Research Organization:: Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: LDRD

Grant/Contract Number:: 89233218CNA000001

OSTI ID:: 1828717

Report Number(s):: LA-UR--20-30244

Journal Information:: Journal of Geophysical Research. Space Physics, Journal Name: Journal of Geophysical Research. Space Physics Journal Issue: 9 Vol. 126; ISSN 2169-9380

Publisher:: American Geophysical UnionCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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