Gigagauss-scale quasistatic magnetic field generation in a snail-shaped target
Abstract
A simple setup for the generation of ultra-intense quasistatic magnetic fields, based on the generation of electron currents with a predefined geometry in a curved snail (or `escargot') target, is proposed and analyzed. Particle-in-cell simulations and qualitative estimates show that gigagauss scale magnetic fields may be obtained with existent laser facilities. The described mechanism of the strong magnetic field generation may be useful in a wide range of applications, from laboratory astrophysics to magnetized inertial confinement fusion schemes.
- Publication:
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Physical Review E
- Pub Date:
- April 2015
- DOI:
- 10.1103/PhysRevE.91.043107
- arXiv:
- arXiv:1410.0053
- Bibcode:
- 2015PhRvE..91d3107K
- Keywords:
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- 52.25.Xz;
- 52.38.Fz;
- 52.55.Ez;
- 52.65.Rr;
- Magnetized plasmas;
- Laser-induced magnetic fields in plasmas;
- Theta pinch;
- Particle-in-cell method;
- Physics - Plasma Physics
- E-Print:
- Submitted to PRL. arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:1409.5246