3 papers
physics.plasm-ph2024
Stability of Crossed-Field Amplifiers
Christopher Swenson, Ryan Revolinsky, Adam Brusstar +4
This research examines the stability of crossed-field amplifiers (CFAs) and characterizes their different modes of operation: amplification, driven oscillation, and self-excited os…
physics.plasm-ph2024
Quadrupolar Density Structures in Driven Magnetic Reconnection Experiments with a Guide Field
T. W. O. Varnish, J. Chen, S. Chowdhry +10
Magnetic reconnection is a ubiquitous process in plasma physics, driving rapid and energetic events such as coronal mass ejections. Reconnection between magnetic fields with arbitr…
physics.plasm-ph2024
On the two-dimensional Brillouin flow
Ryan A. Revolinsky, Christopher J. Swenson, Nicholas M. Jordan +2
The Brillouin flow is a rectilinear, sheared electron fluid flow in a crossed electric field (E) and magnetic field (B), in the E x B direction with zero flow velocity and zero ele…