2 papers
physics.plasm-ph2026
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…
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…