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View SchemaDynamic and Stagnating Plasma Flow Leading to Magnetic Flux Tube Collimation
| Authors | Setthivoine You, Paul M. Bellan, Gunsu Yun |
|---|---|
| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | physics/0506221 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0506221 |
| DOI | 10.1103/PhysRevLett.95.045002 |
Abstract
Highly collimated, plasma-filled magnetic flux tubes are frequently observed on galactic, stellar and laboratory scales. We propose that a single, universal magnetohydrodynamic pumping process explains why such collimated, plasma-filled magnetic flux tubes are ubiquitous. Experimental evidence from carefully diagnosed laboratory simulations of astrophysical jets confirms this assertion and is reported here. The magnetohydrodynamic process pumps plasma into a magnetic flux tube and the stagnation of the resulting flow causes this flux tube to become collimated.
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