Publications (6)
Ion heating and magnetic flux pile-up in a magnetic reconnection experiment with super-Alfvenic plasma inflows
L. G. Suttle, J. D. Hare, S. V. Lebedev +15
This work presents a magnetic reconnection experiment in which the kinetic, magnetic and thermal properties of the plasma each play an important role in the overall energy balance…
Radiative cooling effects on reverse shocks formed by magnetised supersonic plasma flows
S. Merlini, J. D. Hare, G. C. Burdiak +15
We study the structure of reverse shocks formed by the collision of supersonic, magnetised plasma flows driven by an inverse (or exploding) wire array with a planar conducting obst…
An Experimental Platform for Pulsed-Power Driven Magnetic Reconnection
J. D. Hare, L. G. Suttle, S. V. Lebedev +12
We describe a versatile pulsed-power driven platform for magnetic reconnection experiments, based on exploding wire arrays driven in parallel [Suttle, L. G. et al. PRL, 116, 225001…
Anomalous Heating and Plasmoid Formation in a Driven Magnetic Reconnection Experiment
J. D. Hare, L. Suttle, S. V. Lebedev +15
We present a detailed study of magnetic reconnection in a quasi-two-dimensional pulsed-power driven laboratory experiment. Oppositely directed magnetic fields T), advected b…
An Imaging Refractometer for Density Fluctuation Measurements in High Energy Density Plasmas
J. D. Hare, G. C. Burdiak, S. Merlini +9
We report on a recently developed laser-probing diagnostic which allows direct measurements of ray-deflection angles in one axis, whilst retaining imaging capabilities in the other…
Formation and Structure of a Current Sheet in Pulsed-Power Driven Magnetic Reconnection Experiments
J. D. Hare, S. V. Lebedev, L. G. Suttle +16
We describe magnetic reconnection experiments using a new, pulsed-power driven experimental platform in which the inflows are super-sonic but sub-Alfvénic.The intrinsically magnet…