Magnetic tower outflows from a radial wire array Z-pinch
By S. Lebedev, Andrea Ciardi, D. Ampleford, S. Bland, S. Bott, J. Chittenden, G. Hall, J. Rapley, A. Frank, Eric G. Blackman and 1 more. 2005
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We present the first results of high energy density laboratory astrophysics experiments which explore the evolution of collimated outflows and jets driven by a toroidal magnetic field. The experiments are scalable to astrophysical flows in that critical dimensionless numbers such as the Mach number, the plasma β and the magnetic Reynolds number are all in the astrophysically appropriate ranges. Our experiments use the MAGPIE pulsed power machine and allow us to explore the role of magnetic pressure in creating and collimating the outflow as well as showing the creation of a central jet within the broader outflow cavity. We show that currents flow along this jet and we observe its collimation to be enhanced by the additional hoop stresses associated with the generated toroidal field. Although at later times the jet column is observed to go unstable, the jet retains its collimation. We also present simulations of the magnetic jet evolution using our two-dimensional resistive magnetohydrodynamic laboratory code. We conclude with a discussion of the astrophysical relevance of the experiments and of the stability properties of the jet.
Subfields: Astronomy and Astrophysics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics
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