Matter and Radiation at Extremes, Volume. 7, Issue 2, 026903(2022)
Characterization of the stability and dynamics of a laser-produced plasma expanding across a strong magnetic field
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Weipeng Yao, Julien Capitaine, Benjamin Khiar, Tommaso Vinci, Konstantin Burdonov, Jérôme Béard, Julien Fuchs, Andrea Ciardi. Characterization of the stability and dynamics of a laser-produced plasma expanding across a strong magnetic field[J]. Matter and Radiation at Extremes, 2022, 7(2): 026903
Category: Radiation and Hydrodynamics
Received: May. 28, 2021
Accepted: Feb. 16, 2022
Published Online: Apr. 6, 2022
The Author Email: Yao Weipeng (yao.weipeng@polytechnique.edu)