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

Weipeng Yao1...2,a), Julien Capitaine2, Benjamin Khiar3, Tommaso Vinci1, Konstantin Burdonov1,2,4, Jérôme Béard5, Julien Fuchs1 and Andrea Ciardi2 |Show fewer author(s)
Author Affiliations
  • 1LULI–CNRS, CEA, Sorbonne Université, Ecole Polytechnique, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, F-91128 Palaiseau cedex, France
  • 2Sorbonne Université, Observatoire de Paris, Université PSL, CNRS, LERMA, F-75005 Paris, France
  • 3Office National d’Etudes et de Recherches Aérospatiales (ONERA), F-91123 Palaiseau, France
  • 4IAP, Russian Academy of Sciences, 603950 Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
  • 5LNCMI, UPR 3228, CNRS-UGA-UPS-INSA, F-31400 Toulouse, France
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    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)

    DOI:10.1063/5.0058306

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