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Characterization of the stability and dynamics of a laser-produced plasma expanding across strong magnetic field

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Magnetized laser-produced plasmas are central to many new studies in laboratory astrophysics, inertial confinement fusion, and in industrial applications. Here we present the results of large-scale, three-dimensional magneto-hydrodynamic simulations of the dynamics of a laser-produced plasma expanding into a transverse magnetic field with strength of tens of Tesla. The simulations show the plasma being confined by the strong magnetic field into a slender slab structured by the magnetized Rayleigh-Taylor instability that develops at the plasma-vacuum interface. We find that by perturbing the initial velocity of the plume the slab can develops kink-like motion which disrupt its propagation, as observed in recent experiments.
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hal-03855474 , version 1 (16-11-2022)

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Weipeng Yao, Julien Capitaine, Benjamin Khiar, Tommaso Vinci, Konstantin Burdonov, et al.. Characterization of the stability and dynamics of a laser-produced plasma expanding across strong magnetic field. Matter and Radiation at Extremes, 2022, 7, pp.026903. ⟨10.1063/5.0058306⟩. ⟨hal-03855474⟩
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