Pulsed power technology provides a platform for investigating plasmas in strong magnetic fields using a university-scale machine.Presented here are methods for generating and measuring the 1–4-MG magnetic fields deve...Pulsed power technology provides a platform for investigating plasmas in strong magnetic fields using a university-scale machine.Presented here are methods for generating and measuring the 1–4-MG magnetic fields developed for the 1-MA Zebra pulsed power generator at the University of Nevada,Reno.A laser coupled with the Zebra generator produces a magnetized plasma,and experiments investigate how a megagauss magnetic field affects the two-plasmon decay and the expansion of the laser-produced plasma in both transverse and longitudinal magnetic fields.展开更多
基金the NSF(Grant No.PHY-1903355)through the NSF-DOE Partnership in Basic Plasma Science and Engineering and by the DOE NNSA(Grant No.DE-NA0003991)the auspices of the U.S.Department of Energy by the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory(Contract No.DE-AC52-07NA27344).
文摘Pulsed power technology provides a platform for investigating plasmas in strong magnetic fields using a university-scale machine.Presented here are methods for generating and measuring the 1–4-MG magnetic fields developed for the 1-MA Zebra pulsed power generator at the University of Nevada,Reno.A laser coupled with the Zebra generator produces a magnetized plasma,and experiments investigate how a megagauss magnetic field affects the two-plasmon decay and the expansion of the laser-produced plasma in both transverse and longitudinal magnetic fields.
