Self-organized electromagnetic field structures in laser-produced counter-streaming plasmas

Nature Physics

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 809-812

  Kugland, N L ^a   Ryutov, D D ^a   Chang, P Y ^b   Drake, R P ^c   Fiksel, G ^b   Froula, D H ^b   Glenzer, S H ^a   Gregori, G ^d   Grosskopf, M ^c   Koenig, M ^e   Kuramitsu, Y ^f   Kuranz, C ^c   Levy, M C ^a,g   Liang, E ^g   Meinecke, J ^d   Miniati, F ^h   Morita, T ^f   Pelka, A ^e   Plechaty, C ^a   Presura, R ⁱ   Ravasio, A ^e   Remington, B A ^a   Reville, B ^d   Ross, J S ^a   Sakawa, Y ^f   Spitkovsky, A ^j   Takabe, H ^f   Park, H S ^a   more..

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

^f OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^g RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^j PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COSMOLOGY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; PLASMA TURBULENCE;

COLLISIONLESS SHOCKS; COSMIC MAGNETIC FIELDS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD STRUCTURE; HERBIG-HARO OBJECTS; INTERNAL STRUCTURE; PLASMA SELF-ORGANIZATION; SELF ORGANIZATIONS; SUPERNOVA REMNANTS;

COLLISIONLESS PLASMAS;

EID: 84868712158     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys2434     Document Type: Article

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