Abstract:
Experiments using a powerful CO2 amplifier were performed with the aim of developing a technique for simulating a space explosion in the magnetosphere of the Earth and other planets under laboratory conditions using laser plasma clouds. The amplifier radiation with an energy of about 300 J and a pulse duration of about 10−7 sec focused on a Caprolon target of 4 mm diameter produced an exploding plasma in a dipole magnetic field with a characteristic dimension of 15 cm and a magnetic moment of 1.1 ⋅ 107 Gs ⋅ cm3. The paper presents preliminary results of simulating a space explosion under quasitrapping conditions, where the energy of the explosion is much lower than the geomagnetic energy and the explosion point is located in the equatorial plane at a distance of two Earth's radii.
Citation:
V. M. Antonov, Yu. P. Zakharov, A. V. Melekhov, V. N. Oraevskii, A. G. Ponomarenko, V. G. Posukh, “Explosion with plasma quasitrapping in a dipole field”, Prikl. Mekh. Tekh. Fiz., 42:6 (2001), 27–38; J. Appl. Mech. Tech. Phys., 42:6 (2001), 949–958
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This publication is cited in the following 4 articles:
V. M. Antonov, È. L. Boyarintsev, Yu. P. Zakharov, A. V. Melekhov, V. G. Posukh, A. G. Ponomarenko, I. F. Shaikhislamov, “Effect of surface conductivity on magnetosphere formation in experiments with laser plasma flow over a magnetic dipole”, J. Appl. Mech. Tech. Phys., 51:5 (2010), 340–348
I F Shaikhislamov, V M Antonov, Yu P Zakharov, E L Boyarintsev, A V Melekhov, V G Posukh, A G Ponomarenko, “Laboratory simulation of field aligned currents in an experiment on laser-produced plasma interacting with a magnetic dipole”, Plasma Phys. Control. Fusion, 51:10 (2009), 105005
A G Ponomarenko, Yu P Zakharov, V M Antonov, E L Boyarintsev, A V Melekhov, V G Posukh, I F Shaikhislamov, K V Vchivkov, “Simulation of strong magnetospheric disturbances in laser-produced plasma experiments”, Plasma Phys. Control. Fusion, 50:7 (2008), 074015
Arnold G. Ponomarenko, Yuri P. Zakharov, Vladimir M. Antonov, Eduard L. Boyarintsev, Alexandr V. Melekhov, Vitaliy G. Posukh, Ildar F. Shaikhislamov, Konstantin V. Vchivkov, “Laser Plasma Experiments to Simulate Coronal Mass Ejections During Giant Solar Flare and Their Strong Impact on Magnetospheres”, IEEE Trans. Plasma Sci., 35:4 (2007), 813