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TY - JOUR
T1 - Bidirectional jet formation during driven magnetic reconnection in two-beam laser-plasma interactions
AU - Nilson, P. M.
AU - Willingale, L.
AU - Kaluza, M. C.
AU - Kamperidis, C.
AU - Minardi, S.
AU - Wei, M. S.
AU - Fernandes, P.
AU - Notley, M.
AU - Bandyopadhyay, S.
AU - Sherlock, M.
AU - Kingham, R. J.
AU - Tatarakis, M.
AU - Najmudin, Z.
AU - Rozmus, W.
AU - Evans, R. G.
AU - Haines, M. G.
AU - Dangor, A. E.
AU - Krushelnick, K.
PY - 2008/9
Y1 - 2008/9
N2 - Measurements of the bidirectional plasma jets that form at the surface of a solid target during a laser-generated driven magnetic reconnection are presented. Resistivity enhancement of at least 25 x the classical Spitzer value is required when applying the Sweet-Parker model of reconnection to reconcile the experimentally observed reconnection time scale. Analytic calculations show that a fast reconnection model, which includes a priori the effects of microturbulent resistivity enhancement, better reproduces the experimental observations. (c) 2008 American Institute of Physics.
AB - Measurements of the bidirectional plasma jets that form at the surface of a solid target during a laser-generated driven magnetic reconnection are presented. Resistivity enhancement of at least 25 x the classical Spitzer value is required when applying the Sweet-Parker model of reconnection to reconcile the experimentally observed reconnection time scale. Analytic calculations show that a fast reconnection model, which includes a priori the effects of microturbulent resistivity enhancement, better reproduces the experimental observations. (c) 2008 American Institute of Physics.
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U2 - 10.1063/1.2966115
DO - 10.1063/1.2966115
M3 - Journal article
VL - 15
JO - Physics of Plasmas
JF - Physics of Plasmas
SN - 1070-664X
IS - 9
M1 - 092701
ER -