@inproceedings{4e48ba3f95164d4687d00e51c9f02f63,
title = "The Weibel instability in a circular rarefaction wave",
abstract = "Instabilities behind the front of a cylindrically expanding plasma have been investigated experimentally and with a particle-in-cell simulation. Tubelike filamentary structures form behind the front of a plasma created by irradiating wire targets with a ps-duration and intense (∼ 1019 W cm-2) laser pulse. These filaments exhibit coherent magnetic fields with a remarkable stability (≥ 103ω-1 pω p: plasma frequency). PIC simulations indicate that an instability driven by a thermal anisotropy of the electron population is the cause. This instability requires a plasma density gradient and hot electrons. It can thus contribute to the generation of strong sustained magnetic fields in astrophysical jets.",
author = "Dieckmann, {M. E.} and K. Quinn and G. Sarri and L. Romagnani and Murphy, {G. C.} and I. Kourakis and A. MacChi and J. Fuchs and O. Willi and M. Borghesi",
year = "2012",
language = "British English",
isbn = "9781622769810",
series = "39th EPS Conference on Plasma Physics 2012, EPS 2012 and the 16th International Congress on Plasma Physics",
pages = "615--618",
booktitle = "39th EPS Conference on Plasma Physics 2012, EPS 2012 and the 16th International Congress on Plasma Physics",
note = "39th EPS Conference on Plasma Physics 2012, EPS 2012 and the 16th International Congress on Plasma Physics ; Conference date: 02-07-2012 Through 06-07-2012",
}