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  • Plasma Physics
  • Astrophysical Plasmas
  • Magnetohydrodynamics

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  • Magnetic reconnection is crucial in astrophysical phenomena.
  • Radiative cooling significantly impacts plasma dynamics.
  • Understanding plasmoid formation is key to explaining high-energy emissions.

Purpose of the Study:

  • Investigate plasmoid formation in rapidly radiatively cooled reconnection layers.
  • Characterize the properties of these plasmoids and their emissions.
  • Relate experimental findings to astrophysical plasma regimes.

Main Methods:

  • Experimental study using Z machine and exploding aluminum wire arrays.
  • Generation of a reconnection layer with high radiative cooling rate (S_{L}≈120).
  • Time-gated X-ray imaging and spectroscopy to analyze emissions and plasma properties.

Main Results:

  • Observed transient burst of >1 keV X-ray emission.
  • Detected fast-moving hotspots (up to 50 km/s) consistent with plasmoids.
  • Hotspots showed significantly higher temperatures (170 eV) and generated Al K-shell emission.

Conclusions:

  • First experimental evidence of plasmoid formation in radiatively cooled reconnection.
  • Findings provide insight into high-energy radiation generation in extreme astrophysical plasmas.
  • Experimental results align with 3D resistive magnetohydrodynamic simulations.