Generation of scaled protogalactic seed magnetic fields in laser-produced shock waves

Nature

Volumn 481, Issue 7382, 2012, Pages 480-483

  Gregori, G ^a,b   Ravasio, A ^c   Murphy, C D ^a   Schaar, K ^a   Baird, A ^a   Bell, A R ^a   Benuzzi Mounaix, A ^c   Bingham, R ^b,d   Constantin, C ^e   Drake, R P ^f   Edwards, M ^a   Everson, E T ^e   Gregory, C D ^g   Kuramitsu, Y ^h   Lau, W ^a   Mithen, J ^a   Niemann, C ^e   Park, H S ⁱ   Remington, B A ⁱ   Reville, B ^a   Robinson, A P L ^b   Ryutov, D D ⁱ   Sakawa, Y ^h   Yang, S ^a   Woolsey, N C ^g   Koenig, M ^c   Miniati, F ^j   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^h OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

ⁱ LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^j ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; ASTROPHYSICS; COLLAPSE; LABORATORY METHOD; MAGNETIC FIELD; PRESSURE GRADIENT; SHOCK WAVE; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; TIMESCALE; TURBULENCE;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; HYDRODYNAMICS; ILLUMINATION; LASER; MAGNETIC FIELD; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOCK WAVE; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

EID: 84862915102     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature10747     Document Type: Article

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