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@inproceedings{Ciardi:2007,
author = {Ciardi, A and Lebedev, SV and Frank, A and Blackman, EG and Chittenden, JP and Jennings, CJ and Ampleford, DJ and Bland, SN and Bott, SC and Rapley, J and Hall, GN and Suzuki-Vidal, FA and Marocchino, A and Lery, T and Stehle, C},
pages = {56501--56501},
title = {The evolution of magnetic tower jets in the laboratory - art. no. 056501},
year = {2007}
}
TY - CPAPER
AB - The evolution of laboratory produced magnetic jets is followed numerically through three-dimensional, nonideal magnetohydrodynamic simulations. The experiments are designed to study the interaction of a purely toroidal field with an extended plasma background medium. The system is observed to evolve into a structure consisting of an approximately cylindrical magnetic cavity with an embedded magnetically confined jet on its axis. The supersonic expansion produces a shell of swept-up shocked plasma that surrounds and partially confines the magnetic tower. Currents initially flow along the walls of the cavity and in the jet but the development of current-driven instabilities leads to the disruption of the jet and a rearrangement of the field and currents. The top of the cavity breaks up, and a well-collimated, radiatively cooled, "clumpy" jet emerges from the system. (C) 2007 American Institute of Physics.
AU - Ciardi,A
AU - Lebedev,SV
AU - Frank,A
AU - Blackman,EG
AU - Chittenden,JP
AU - Jennings,CJ
AU - Ampleford,DJ
AU - Bland,SN
AU - Bott,SC
AU - Rapley,J
AU - Hall,GN
AU - Suzuki-Vidal,FA
AU - Marocchino,A
AU - Lery,T
AU - Stehle,C
EP - 56501
PY - 2007///
SP - 56501
TI - The evolution of magnetic tower jets in the laboratory - art. no. 056501
ER -
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