4 years ago
Surprise finding: Discovering a previously unknown role for a source of magnetic fields
By John Greenwald, PPPL
Magnetic forces ripple throughout the universe, from the fields surrounding planets to the gasses filling galaxies, and can be launched by a phenomenon called the Biermann battery …
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9 years ago
Simulations of Plasma Turbulence Model the Inner Workings of Cosmic Phenomenon
Scientists from Germany’s HZDR–Dresden used Titan, the most powerful supercomputer in the United States located at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, to simulate billions of particles in two passing plasma jet streams.
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Oak Ridge National Laboratory is managed by UT-Battelle for the US Department of Energy.