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Laboratory Experiments on Current Sheet Disruptions, Double Layers Turbulence and Reconnection
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 04 August 2017
Abstract
The role of laboratory experiments to the understanding of current systems in space plasmas is reviewed. It is shown that laboratory plasmas are uniquely suited to make detailed investigations of basic physical processes in current-carrying plasmas. Examples are given for double layers, current-driven instabilities, and the plasma dynamics at magnetic neutral points during reconnection. Observations of current sheet disruptions show the coupling between local plasma phenomena (double layers) and global circuit properties (magnetic energy storage).
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