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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; published in the issue dated 26 April 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

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10.1103/PhysRevLett.26.1012
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*On leave of absence from Cornell University.

 
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