Experiments expose how powerful magnetic fields are generated in the aftermath of supernovae
Wednesday, June 17, 2020 - 07:42
in Physics & Chemistry
In a paper recently published by Physical Review Letters, a team of researchers including scientists from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) detail the first quantitative measurements of the magnetic field structure of plasma filamentation driven by the Weibel instability, using a novel optical Thompson scattering technique.