Mode Conversion and Period Doubling at Plasma-$\beta$ Unity in an Alfvén-Wave Experiment with Liquid Rubidium

F. Stefani, J. Forbriger, Th. Gundrum +2

We report Alfvén-wave experiments with liquid rubidium at the Dresden High Magnetic Field Laboratory (HLD). Reaching up to 63 T, the pulsed magnetic field exceeds the critical valu…