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Delayed current sheet formation due to an external field in pulsed-power-driven reconnection experiments

A. P. Shah, B. J. Sporer, D. M. Johnson, G. V. Dowhan, J. D. Hare, J. Lee, M. Chen, N. M. Jordan, R. D. McBride, R. Shapovalov, T. W. O. Varnish

A strong external magnetic field delays current sheet formation by creating a void between colliding plasma flows instead of a dense reconnection layer.

arxiv:2605.15427 v1 · 2026-05-14 · physics.plasm-ph

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C1strongest claim

When a strong external field (2 T) is applied, we observe a void between the arrays rather than a dense layer, and we hypothesise that the external field is frozen out of the plasma and provides a back-pressure which decelerates the flows.

C2weakest assumption

The external magnetic field remains frozen into the plasma on the experimental timescale and therefore exerts a sustained back-pressure on the incoming flows (stated in the hypothesis paragraph of the abstract).

C3one line summary

Strong external magnetic fields applied parallel to the reconnecting electric field delay current-sheet formation in pulsed-power-driven reconnection by creating back-pressure that slows plasma inflows.

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[1] Perspectives on magnetic reconnection , volume = 2016 · doi:10.1098/rspa.2016.0479

[2] Physical Review Letters , author = 2016 · doi:10.1103/physrevlett.116.105003

[3] Fiksel, G. and Fox, W. and Bhattacharjee, A. and Barnak, D. H. and Chang, P.-Y. and Germaschewski, K. and Hu, S. X. and Nilson, P. M. , year =. Magnetic. Physical Review Letters , volume =

[4] Felber, F. S. and Wessel, F. J. and Wild, N. C. and Rahman, H. U. and Fisher, A. and Fowler, C. M. and Liberman, M. A. and Velikovich, A. L. , year =. Ultrahigh Magnetic Fields Produced in a Gas-puff.

[5] Nuclear Fusion , author = 2013

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First computed	2026-05-20T00:00:58.103077Z
Builder	pith-number-builder-2026-05-17-v1
Signature	Pith Ed25519 (`pith-v1-2026-05`) · public key
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arxiv: 2605.15427 · arxiv_version: 2605.15427v1 · doi: 10.48550/arxiv.2605.15427 · pith_short_12: E24XXVINOWZ3 · pith_short_16: E24XXVINOWZ3O53B · pith_short_8: E24XXVIN

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