Experimental Study of the Interaction of a Laser Plasma Flow with a Transverse Magnetic Field

• Published in: Radiophysics and quantum electronics 2021-04, Vol.63 (11), p.876-886
• Main Authors: Soloviev, A. A., Burdonov, K. F., Kotov, A. V., Perevalov, S. E., Zemskov, R. S., Ginzburg, V.N., Kochetkov, A. A., Kuzmin, A. A., Shaikin, A. A., Shaikin, I. A., Khazanov, E. A., Yakovlev, I. V., Luchinin, A. G., Morozkin, M.V., Proyavin, M. D., Glyavin, M.Yu, Fuchs, J., Starodubtsev, M.V.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Astronomy; Astrophysics and Astroparticles; Braking; Flux density; Hadrons; Heavy Ions; Laser plasmas; Lasers; Magnetic fields; Magnetic flux; Magnetism; Mathematical and Computational Physics; Nuclear Physics; Observations and Techniques; Optical Devices; Optics; Photonics; Physics; Physics and Astronomy; Plasma Physics; Quantum Optics; Theoretical; Topology
• ISSN: 0033-8443; 1573-9120
• DOI: 10.1007/s11141-021-10101-y

We present the results of studying experimentally the expansion of laser plasma in a strong external magnetic field (with a magnetic flux density of 13.5 T) at various sizes of the region of plasma formation on the surface of a solid-state target. It is shown that when the size of the plasma formation region is smaller than the classical plasma braking radius, a nearly identical topology of plasma flows is observed, which is characterized by the formation of a thin plasma sheet directed along the external magnetic field. If the width of the plasma formation region is comparable with the classical plasma braking radius, an additional plasma sheet starts to be formed.