An experimental platform for investigating astrophysically relevant magnetized plasma jets on the COBRA facility

Lavine, E. S.; Lund, D. A.; Freeman, E.; Potter, W. M.; Seyler, C. E.; Kusse, B. R.

doi:10.1063/5.0246290

Title: An experimental platform for investigating astrophysically relevant magnetized plasma jets on the COBRA facility

Journal Article · 27 January 2025 · Physics of Plasmas

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0246290 · OSTI ID:2507267

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A new platform has been developed for the 1-MA COBRA generator to investigate the physical processes affecting the formation, collimation, and stability of high-speed outflows in magnetically driven laboratory plasma jets. Such experiments serve as diagnostically accessible surrogates for astrophysical jets under the assumption that the underlying dynamics are scale invariant. In contrast to previous current driven high energy density laboratory jet experiments that use radial/conical wire arrays or foils, the platform described here uses azimuthally symmetric gas-puff injection. This avoids the ablation phase from a solid target, allowing the jets to develop earlier and be driven longer without depleting their mass source and disrupting. A permanent magnet provides an initial poloidal magnetic field, which links the two concentric electrodes and mimics the boundary conditions of a star-accretion disk system. Extended magnetohydrodynamic effects can be assessed using a polarity convolute, which allows for reversal of the electrode bias. The resulting plasma jets exhibit remarkable stability, persisting for hundreds of nanoseconds and achieving aspect ratios ≳30:1.

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Research Organization:: Cornell University, Ithaca, NY (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE; USDOE Office of Science (SC), Fusion Energy Sciences (FES)

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0023238

OSTI ID:: 2507267

Journal Information:: Physics of Plasmas, Journal Name: Physics of Plasmas Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 32; ISSN 1070-664X

Publisher:: American Institute of PhysicsCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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