Observation of the decay dynamics and instabilities of megagauss field structures in laser-produced plasmas

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Li, C K ^a   Seguin F H ^a   Frenje, J A ^a   Rygg, J R ^a   Petrasso, R D ^a   Town, R P J ^b   Amendt, P A ^b   Hatchett, S P ^b   Landen, O L ^b   MacKinnon, A J ^b   Patel, P K ^b   Tabak, M ^b   Knauer, J P ^c   Sangster, T C ^c   Smalyuk, V A ^c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; LASER BEAMS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; PROTONS; RADIOGRAPHY;

CYLINDRICAL SYMMETRY; DECAY DYNAMICS; FIELD STRUCTURE; MEGAGAUSS FIELD STRUCTURES; PLASMA BUBBLE;

LASER PRODUCED PLASMAS;

EID: 34547313557     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.99.015001     Document Type: Article

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