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How to spark a field

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The successful formation of self-generated magnetic fields in the lab using large-scale, high-power lasers opens the door to a better understanding of some of the most extreme astrophysical processes taking place in the Universe.

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Figure 1: Composite X-ray (blue and green), infrared (yellow and orange) and radio (pink) image of supernova remnant W49B, which is believed to be the result of a gamma-ray burst that took place a few thousand years ago in the Milky Way.

© X-ray: NASA/CXC/MIT/L.Lopez et al.; INFRARED: PALOMAR; RADIO: NSF/NRAO/VLA

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  1. Francisco Suzuki-Vidal is in the Department of Physics, Imperial College London, London SW7 2BW, UK,

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Suzuki-Vidal, F. How to spark a field. Nature Phys 11, 98–99 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1038/nphys3239

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