Final Technical Report for DOE Grant DE-FG03-7ER54438

Technical Report · Tue Dec 21 00:00:00 EST 2004

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/843023· OSTI ID:843023

Bellan, P M

Laboratory experiments using technology developed for fusion research created replicas of solar prominences. These solar coronal loops exhibited dynamic behavior similar to what is observed on the sun. Diagnostics included high-speed photography, and x-ray detectors. In addition to the experiments, two related theoretical investigations were undertaken: (1) a three-dimensional numerical model of coronal mass ejections, and (2) a model of the plasma jet flow and collimation resulting from an electric current flowing along a magnetic flux tube.

• Research Organization: California Institute of Technology (CalTech), Pasadena, CA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Science (SC)
• DOE Contract Number: FG03-97ER54438
• OSTI ID: 843023
• Report Number(s): Final Technical Report; TRN: US0701874
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY
71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS
GENERAL PHYSICS
75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS
SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY
ELECTRIC CURRENTS
MAGNETIC FLUX
PHOTOGRAPHY
PLASMA JETS
REPLICAS
SOLAR PROMINENCES
SUN
PHYSICS
MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS
solar physics
plasma physics
basic physics
coronal loop
prominence
magnetohydrodynamics
kink
magnetic helicity
Taylor relaxation