Magnetic reconnection driven by Gekko XII lasers with a Helmholtz capacitor-coil target

X. X. Pei; J. Y. Zhong; Y. Sakawa; Z. Zhang; K. Zhang; H. G. Wei; Y. T. Li; Y. F. Li; B. J. Zhu; T. Sano; Y. Hara; S. Kondo; S. Fujioka; G. Y. Liang; F. L. Wang; G. Zhao

doi:10.1063/1.4944928

Magnetic reconnection driven by Gekko XII lasers with a Helmholtz capacitor-coil target

X. X. Pei
, J. Y. Zhong
, Y. Sakawa
, Z. Zhang
, K. Zhang
, H. G. Wei
, Y. T. Li
, Y. F. Li
, B. J. Zhu
, T. Sano
, Y. Hara
, S. Kondo
, S. Fujioka
, G. Y. Liang
, F. L. Wang
, G. Zhao

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Abstract

We demonstrate a novel plasma device for magnetic reconnection, driven by Gekko XII lasers irradiating a double-turn Helmholtz capacitor-coil target. Optical probing revealed an accumulated plasma plume near the magnetic reconnection outflow. The background electron density and magnetic field were measured to be approximately 10¹⁸cm^-3 and 60 T by using Nomarski interferometry and the Faraday effect, respectively. In contrast with experiments on magnetic reconnection constructed by the Biermann battery effect, which produced high beta values, our beta value was much lower than one, which greatly extends the parameter regime of laser-driven magnetic reconnection and reveals its potential in astrophysical plasma applications.

Original language	English
Article number	032125
Journal	Physics of Plasmas
Volume	23
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4944928
State	Published - Mar 2016
Externally published	Yes

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