MAGPIE Pulsed Power Generator

We're (virtually) in Memphis this week for !

Check out our talks/posters if you're around - all times in CST (=GMT-6hrs)

Danny - BO07.00002 : Magnetised shock reflection in laboratory plasmas. Monday 9:42 AM–9:54 AM

Stefano - CP15.00007 : An Analysis of Laser Deflection in a Turbulent Plasma using Synthetic Diagnostics. Monday 2:00pm - 5:00pm

Jack Halliday - CP16.00008 : Experimental Measurements of X-Ray
Driven Plasma Ablation From Solid Density Silicon Targets. Monday 2:00 PM -5:00 PM

Vicente - GO08.00002 : Differentially rotating HED plasma experiments on the MAGPIE pulsed-power generator. Tuesday 9:42 AM–9:54 AM

Jack Hare - GP17.00013 : PUFFIN: a new microsecond, mega-ampere pulser for magnetised HED plasma physics. Tuesday 0930-12:30

Lee - NO04.00010 : Enhanced Thomson Scattering from Ion Acoustic Waves in a Magnetic Reconnection Current Sheet. Wednesday 11:18 AM–11:30 AM

Jack Hare - NM11.00005 : Generating and diagnosing turbulence in pulsed-power driven magnetised plasmas. Wednedday 11:15 AM–11:40 AM

Lee - TM11.00001 Magnetized plasma flow interactions in pulsed-power driven experiments. Thursday 9:30 AM–9:55 AM

Danny - TM11.00003 : Shock reflection in a magnetized, collisional laboratory plasma. Thursday 10:20 AM–10:45 AM.

Francisco - VP12.00006 : Shock formation in pulsed-power driven counter-propagating jets Thursday 2:00 PM-5:00pm

We are delighted to announce that our latest paper on the interactions of magnetized plasma flows has now been published in the December Special Issue of Plasma Physics & Controlled Fusion.

Interactions of magnetized plasma flows in pulsed-power driven experiments - IOPscience If you have a user account, you will need to reset your password the next time you login. You will only need to do this once. Find out more.

New side on laser probing setup coming together, with coloured tape to show the beam paths! We'll be able to simultaneously image the self emission from the plasma (red path) as well as do interferometry (green and blue), schlieren imaging and shadowgraphy (yellow) using two wavelengths.

We are super excited to announce you can now read about MAGPIE's latest experiments on National Geographic!

Why space weather is being made in the lab As a NASA probe spirals closer to the sun, one team on Earth is re-creating the delicate dance between our star and the planet.

Images from today's Solar wind experiment on Magpie!

Jerry Chittenden dug up an old cartoon from Felix in 1991 - it describes the construction of a "new" experiment called MAGPIE!

Is it MAGPIE's birthday? No! We're just seeing whether we can measure the election density in a candle flame using two-colour interferometry!

Meriame Berboucha (science communicator and MSci graduate of Magpie) has writen a lovely article for Forbes about our Solar wind experiments! Check it out on the link below:

Space Winds In A Laboratory On Earth The Sun ejects lots of charged particles which can affect the Earth's magnetic field. This team of scientists have recreated this conditions in a laboratory in England - the results are extraordinary.

Thanks to Hayley Dunning for plugging our work on the Imperial College website!
https://www.imperial.ac.uk/news/188967/green-racing-inspirational-ai-news-from/

*Magpie news alert*
Our latest experiments studying the interactions of magnetized plasma flows with magnetized obstacles have made the news!
You can find us all week at the APS DPP conference in Portland.

A stellar achievement: Magnetized space winds in the laboratory New insights have been gained about stellar winds, streams of high-speed charged particles called plasma that blow through interstellar space. These winds, created by eruptions from stars or stellar explosions, carry with them strong magnetic fields which can interact with or effect other magnetic f...

New MAGPIE paper - Inverse liner Z-pinch experiments!

Inverse Liner Z-Pinch: An Experimental Pulsed Power Platform for Studying Radiative Shocks - IEEE Journals & Magazine We present a new experimental platform for studying radiative shocks using an ``inverse liner z-pinch'' configuration. This platform was tested on the MAGP