Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2005-05-02
Mon.Not.Roy.Astron.Soc. 361 (2005) 97-108
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
Accepted by MNRAS. 17 pages without figures. Full version with figures can be found at http://www.pas.rochester.edu/~afrank/
Scientific paper
10.1111/j.1365-2966.2005.09132.x
We present the first results of high energy density laboratory astrophysics experiments which explore the evolution of collimated outflows and jets driven by a toroidal magnetic field. The experiments are scalable to astrophysical flows in that critical dimensionless numbers such as the Mach number, the plasma beta and the magnetic Reynolds number are all in the astrophysically appropriate ranges. Our experiments use the MAGPIE pulsed power machine and allow us to explore the role of magnetic pressure in creating and collimating the outflow as well as showing the creation of a central jet within the broader outflow cavity. We show that currents flow along this jet and we observe its collimation to be enhanced by the additional hoop stresses associated with the generated toroidal field. Although at later times the jet column is observed to go unstable, the jet retains its collimation. We also present simulations of the magnetic jet evolution using our two-dimensional resistive magneto-hydrodynamic (MHD) laboratory code. We conclude with a discussion of the astrophysical relevance of the experiments and of the stability properties of the jet.
Ampleford David
Blackman Eric G.
Bland Simon N.
Bott Simon C.
Chittenden Jeremy P.
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