Impact of radial interplanetary magnetic fields on the inner coma of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko-Hybrid simulations of the plasma environment

H Gunell, C Goetz, S Fatemi - Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2024‏ - aanda.org
Context. The direction of the interplanetary magnetic field determines the nature of the
interaction between a Solar System object and the solar wind. For comets, it affects the …

Injection and confinement of positron bunches in a magnetic dipole trap

A Deller, J von der Linden, S Nißl, K Michishio… - Physical Review E, 2024‏ - APS
We demonstrate the efficient injection of a pulsed positron beam into a magnetic dipole trap
and investigate the ensuing particle dynamics in the inhomogeneous electric and magnetic …

Intermittent electron-only reconnection at lunar mini-magnetospheres

A Stanier, LJ Chen, A Le, J Halekas… - The Astrophysical …, 2024‏ - iopscience.iop.org
Lunar crustal magnetic anomalies (LCMA) are sub-ion-gyroradius structures that have been
shown to stand off the solar wind (SW) plasma from the Moon's surface, forming shock-like …

The structure of 3-D collisional magnetized bow shocks in pulsed-power-driven plasma flows

R Datta, DR Russell, I Tang, T Clayson… - Journal of Plasma …, 2022‏ - cambridge.org
We investigate three-dimensional (3-D) bow shocks in a highly collisional magnetized
aluminium plasma, generated during the ablation phase of an exploding wire array on the …

Laboratory study of magnetic reconnection in lunar-relevant mini-magnetospheres

L Rovige, FD Cruz, RS Dorst, JJ Pilgram… - The Astrophysical …, 2024‏ - iopscience.iop.org
Mini-magnetospheres are small ion-scale structures that are well suited to studying kinetic-
scale physics of collisionless space plasmas. Such ion-scale magnetospheres can be found …

[HTML][HTML] Two-dimensional thomson scattering in laser-produced plasmas

H Zhang, JJ Pilgram, CG Constantin, L Rovige… - Instruments, 2023‏ - mdpi.com
We present two-dimensional (2D) optical Thomson scattering measurements of electron
density and temperature in laser-produced plasmas. The novel instrument directly measures …

[HTML][HTML] Time-resolved velocity and ion sound speed measurements from simultaneous bow shock imaging and inductive probe measurements

R Datta, DR Russell, I Tang, T Clayson… - Review of Scientific …, 2022‏ - pubs.aip.org
We present a technique to measure the time-resolved velocity and ion sound speed in
magnetized, supersonic high-energy-density plasmas. We place an inductive (“b-dot”) probe …

First results from the Thomson scattering diagnostic on the large plasma device

M Kaloyan, S Ghazaryan, SP Tripathi, W Gekelman… - Instruments, 2022‏ - mdpi.com
We present the first Thomson scattering measurements of electron density and temperature
in the Large Plasma Device (LAPD), a 22 m long magnetized linear plasma device at the …

[HTML][HTML] Laser-driven, ion-scale magnetospheres in laboratory plasmas. II. Particle-in-cell simulations

FD Cruz, DB Schaeffer, F Cruz, LO Silva - Physics of Plasmas, 2022‏ - pubs.aip.org
Ion-scale magnetospheres have been observed around comets, weakly magnetized
asteroids, and localized regions on the Moon and provide a unique environment to study …

[HTML][HTML] Two-dimensional Thomson scattering measurements of misaligned electron density and temperature gradients and associated Biermann battery produced …

JJ Pilgram, CG Constantin, H Zhang, P Tzeferacos… - Physics of …, 2024‏ - pubs.aip.org
We present optical Thomson scattering measurements of electron density and temperature
in high Mach number laser-driven blast waves in homogeneous gases. Taylor–Sedov blast …