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Phys. Rev. Lett. 26, 1012 - 1015 (1971)

Spontaneous Magnetic Fields in Laser-Produced Plasmas

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J. A. Stamper, K. Papadopoulos, R. N. Sudan *, S. O. Dean, and E. A. McLean
U. S. Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, D. C. 20390

J. M. Dawson
Plasma Physics Laboratory, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08540

Received 25 January 1971

Spontaneously generated magnetic fields of the order of a kilogauss have been observed in a laser-produced plasma, using a variety of targets and background pressures. The generation of these magnetic fields is explained in terms of thermoelectric currents associated with large temperature gradients near the target.


©1971 The American Physical Society

URL: http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.26.1012
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.26.1012

* On leave of absence from Cornell University.

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