4 papers
Delayed current sheet formation due to an external field in pulsed-power-driven reconnection experiments
T. W. O. Varnish, G. V. Dowhan, M. Chen +8
We present results from pulsed-power-driven magnetic reconnection experiments, in which we drove two exploding wire arrays in parallel to produce colliding plasma flows with anti-p…
The Herschel-SPIRE Dark Field I: The deepest Herschel image of the submillimetre Universe
Chris Pearson, Thomas W. O. Varnish, Xinni Wu +4
We present the image maps, data reduction, analysis and the first source counts from the Herschel SPIRE Dark Field. The SPIRE Dark Field is an area of sky near the North Ecliptic P…
The Herschel-SPIRE Dark Field -- II. A P(D) fluctuation analysis of the deepest Herschel image of the submillimetre universe
Thomas W O Varnish, Xinni Wu, Chris Pearson +2
The Herschel-SPIRE Dark Field is the deepest field produced by the SPIRE instrument pushing down below the galaxy confusion limit in each of the 250, 350, 500 m bands. Standard…
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…