Collection Of theses on high power laser and plasma physics, Volume. 10, Issue 1, 215001(2012)

Plasmoid Ejection and Secondary Current Sheet Generation from Magnetic Reconnection in Laser-Plasma Interaction

Quan-Li Dong1、*, Shou-Jun Wang1, Quan-Ming Lu2, Can Huang2, Da-Wei Yuan1, Xun Liu1, Xiao-Xuan Lin1, Yu-Tong Li1, Hui-Gang Wei3, Jia-Yong Zhong3, Jian-Rong Shi3, Shao-En Jiang4, Yong-Kun Ding4, Bo-Bin Jiang4, Kai Du4, Xian-Tu He5,6, M.Y. Yu6,7, C. S. Liu8, Shui Wang2, Yong-Jian Tang4, Jian-Qiang Zhu9, Gang Zhao3, Zheng-Ming Sheng1,10, and Jie Zhang1,10
Author Affiliations
  • 1Beijing National Laboratory of Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics,Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100080, China
  • 2CAS Key Laboratory of Basic Plasma Physics, University of Science and Technology of China,Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
  • 3Key Laboratory of Optical Astronomy, National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100012, China
  • 4Research Center for Laser Fusion, China Academy of Engineering Physics, Mianyang 621900, China
  • 5Institute of Applied Physics and Computational Mathematics, Beijing 100094, China
  • 6Institute for Fusion Theory and Simulation, Physics Department, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
  • 7Institute for Theoretical Physics I, Ruhr University, D-44780 Bochum, Germany
  • 8Department of Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
  • 9National Laboratory on High Power Lasers and Physics, Shanghai, 201800, China
  • 10Key Laboratory for Laser Plasmas (MoE) and Department of Physics, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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    Quan-Li Dong, Shou-Jun Wang, Quan-Ming Lu, Can Huang, Da-Wei Yuan, Xun Liu, Xiao-Xuan Lin, Yu-Tong Li, Hui-Gang Wei, Jia-Yong Zhong, Jian-Rong Shi, Shao-En Jiang, Yong-Kun Ding, Bo-Bin Jiang, Kai Du, Xian-Tu He, M.Y. Yu, C. S. Liu, Shui Wang, Yong-Jian Tang, Jian-Qiang Zhu, Gang Zhao, Zheng-Ming Sheng, Jie Zhang. Plasmoid Ejection and Secondary Current Sheet Generation from Magnetic Reconnection in Laser-Plasma Interaction[J]. Collection Of theses on high power laser and plasma physics, 2012, 10(1): 215001

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    Received: Jul. 20, 2011

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    Published Online: Jun. 2, 2017

    The Author Email: Dong Quan-Li (qldong@aphy.iphy.ac.cn)

    DOI:10.1103/physrevlett.108.215001

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