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湍流等离子体中磁场发电机放大的实验室证据

Laboratory evidence of dynamo amplification of magnetic fields in a turbulent plasma

P. Tzeferacos, A. Rigby, A. Bott, A. R. Bell, R. Bingham, A. Casner, F. Cattaneo, E. M. Churazov, J. Emig, F. Fiuza, C. B. Forest, J. Foster, C. Graziani, J. Ka… 展开作者

P. Tzeferacos, A. Rigby, A. Bott, A. R. Bell, R. Bingham, A. Casner, F. Cattaneo, E. M. Churazov, J. Emig, F. Fiuza, C. B. Forest, J. Foster, C. Graziani, J. Katz, M. Koenig, C. -K. Li, J. Meinecke, R. Petrasso, H. -S. Park, B. A. Remington, J. S. Ross, D. Ryu, D. Ryutov, T. G. White, B. Reville, F. Miniati, A. A. Schekochihin, D. Q. Lamb, D. H. Froula, G. Gregori

摘要:

磁场在宇宙中无处不在。通过漫射同步辐射和法拉第旋转测量,河外盘、晕和星系团一直显示出从几个nG到几十个$μ$ G的磁场强度。这些场的能量密度通常与它们所嵌入的等离子体的流体运动的能量密度相当,使得磁场在发光物质的动力学中扮演重要角色。这些强磁场起源的标准理论模型是通过湍流发电机将微小的种子场放大到与当前观测一致的水平。在这里,我们证明,使用激光产生的碰撞等离子体流,湍流确实能够迅速放大种子场近均分的湍流流体运动。这些结果支持了这样一种观点,即湍流发电机是一种可行的机制,负责观测到的当今宇宙的磁化。

英文摘要:

Magnetic fields are ubiquitous in the Universe. Extragalactic disks, halos and clusters have consistently been shown, via diffuse radio-synchrotron emission and Faraday rotation measurements, to exhibit magnetic field strengths ranging from a few nG to tens of $μ$G. The energy density of these fields is typically comparable to the energy density of the fluid motions of the plasma in which they are embedded, making magnetic fields essential players in the dynamics of the luminous matter. The standard theoretical model for the origin of these strong magnetic fields is through the amplification of tiny seed fields via turbulent dynamo to the level consistent with current observations. Here we demonstrate, using laser-produced colliding plasma flows, that turbulence is indeed capable of rapidly amplifying seed fields to near equipartition with the turbulent fluid motions. These results support the notion that turbulent dynamo is a viable mechanism responsible for the observed present-day magnetization of the Universe.

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