scholarly journals Generation of strong magnetic fields with a laser-driven coil

Author(s):  
Zhe Zhang ◽  
Baojun Zhu ◽  
Yutong Li ◽  
Weiman Jiang ◽  
Dawei Yuan ◽  
...  

As a promising new way to generate a controllable strong magnetic field, laser-driven magnetic coils have attracted interest in many research fields. In 2013, a kilotesla level magnetic field was achieved at the Gekko XII laser facility with a capacitor–coil target. A similar approach has been adopted in a number of laboratories, with a variety of targets of different shapes. The peak strength of the magnetic field varies from a few tesla to kilotesla, with different spatio-temporal ranges. The differences are determined by the target geometry and the parameters of the incident laser. Here we present a review of the results of recent experimental studies of laser-driven magnetic field generation, as well as a discussion of the diagnostic techniques required for such rapidly changing magnetic fields. As an extension of the magnetic field generation, some applications are discussed.

1981 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 123-146 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Kono ◽  
M. M. Škorić ◽  
D. Ter Haar

We discuss various aspects of the spontaneous generation of magnetic fields in a Langmuir plasma. We first of all show that the correct general expression for the ponderomotive force leads to the solenoidal current responsible for the magnetic-field generation. We derive the ponderomotive-force expression and also the magnetic-field generation equations from a two-time-scale two-fluid description. We also use a kinetic approach to derive the magnetic-field generation equations. We discuss the stability of monochromatic Langmuir waves and show that they are subject to both the ordinary modulational instability and to a magneto-modulational instability. We show that the coupled nonlinear equations describing the electric field strength amplitude, the plasma density, and the self-generated magnetic field can, under certain conditions, be reduced to a generalized cubic nonlinear Schrodinger equation. We finally show, by using a virial theorem, that the self-generated magnetic field does not stabilize the wave collapse.


2008 ◽  
Vol 4 (S254) ◽  
pp. 95-96
Author(s):  
Arthur M. Wolfe ◽  
Regina A. Jorgenson ◽  
Timothy Robishaw ◽  
Carl Heiles ◽  
Jason X. Prochaska

AbstractThe magnetic field pervading our Galaxy is a crucial constituent of the interstellar medium: it mediates the dynamics of interstellar clouds, the energy density of cosmic rays, and the formation of stars (Beck 2005). The field associated with ionized interstellar gas has been determined through observations of pulsars in our Galaxy. Radio-frequency measurements of pulse dispersion and the rotation of the plane of linear polarization, i.e., Faraday rotation, yield an average value B ≈ 3 μG (Han et al. 2006). The possible detection of Faraday rotation of linearly polarized photons emitted by high-redshift quasars (Kronberg et al. 2008) suggests similar magnetic fields are present in foreground galaxies with redshifts z > 1. As Faraday rotation alone, however, determines neither the magnitude nor the redshift of the magnetic field, the strength of galactic magnetic fields at redshifts z > 0 remains uncertain.Here we report a measurement of a magnetic field of B ≈ 84 μG in a galaxy at z =0.692, using the same Zeeman-splitting technique that revealed an average value of B = 6 μG in the neutral interstellar gas of our Galaxy (Heiles et al. 2004). This is unexpected, as the leading theory of magnetic field generation, the mean-field dynamo model, predicts large-scale magnetic fields to be weaker in the past, rather than stronger (Parker 1970).The full text of this paper was published in Nature (Wolfe et al. 2008).


Author(s):  
А.Н. Годомская ◽  
О.В. Шереметьева

В динамической модели -динамо с переменной интенсивностью -генератора моделируются инверсии магнитного поля. Изменение интенсивности -генератора как следствие синхронизации высших мод поля скоростей и магнитного поля регулируется функцией Z(t) со степенным ядром. Получены режимы динамо для двух видов радиальной составляющей в скалярной параметризации -эффекта. Проведён анализ результатов в зависимости от изменения показателя степени ядра функции Z(t), а также сравнительный анализ с результатами исследования 10, где использовано показательное ядро функциии Z(t). In the dynamic model -dimensions are simulated reversions of the magnetic field with a varying intensity of the -generator. The change of the -generator intensity as a result of synchronization of higher modes of the velocity field and the magnetic field is regulated by a function Z(t) with a power kernel. Dynamo modes are obtained for two types of radial component in the scalar parameterization of the -effect. The results were analyzed depending on the change in the exponent of the kernel of the function Z(t), also a comparative analysis with the results of the study 10, where the exponential kernel of the function Z(t) was used.


2004 ◽  
Vol 330 (5) ◽  
pp. 384-389 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jun-Ichi Sakai ◽  
Reinhard Schlickeiser ◽  
P.K. Shukla

2019 ◽  
Vol 127 ◽  
pp. 02016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna Godomskaya ◽  
Olga Sheremetyeva

In the dynamic model αΩ-dimensions are simulated reversions of the magnetic field with a varying intensity of the α-generator. The change of the α-generator intensity as a result of synchronization of higher modes of the velocity field and the magnetic field is regulated by a function Z(t) with a power kernel. Dynamo modes are obtained for two types of radial component in the scalar parameterization of the α-effect. The results were analyzed depending on the change in the exponent of the kernel of the function Z(t) and the type of the power kernel, also a comparative analysis with the results of the study [9], where the exponential kernel of the function Z(t) was used.


2010 ◽  
Vol 76 (6) ◽  
pp. 865-873 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. STEFAN ◽  
G. BRODIN ◽  
F. HAAS ◽  
M. MARKLUND

AbstractThrough an extended kinetic model, we study the nonlinear generation of quasi-static magnetic fields by high-frequency fields in a plasma, taking into account the effects of the electron spin. It is found that although the largest part of the nonlinear current in a moderate density, moderate temperature plasma is due to the classical terms, the spin may still give a significant contribution to the magnetic field generation mechanism. Applications of our results are discussed.


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