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Table 1.

Comparison and scalability between the laser-driven (PEARL) and plasma-gun driven (KROT) plasma streams, with the EXor accretion inflow investigated in Giannini et al. (2017).

PEARL (i) KROT EXor

Material CF2 (Teflon) CH2 H
Z 1 1.26 1
A 17.3 10.4 1.3

B [kG] 135 0.45 0.105
L [cm] 1.5 100 5×1011
ne [cm−3] 5×1017 1013 5×1011
ρ [g cm−3] 1.4 × 10−5 1.4 × 10−10 1.1 × 10−12
Te [kK] 18.5 12 12
Ti [kK] 18.5 12 12
Vflow [km s−1] 100 23 180
Cs [km s−1] 5.4 5.9 15.8
VA [km s−1] 100 108 286
le [cm] 2 × 10−5 0.14 3
τcol e [ns] 3.8 × 10−4 3.3 70
RLe [cm] 2.2 × 10−5 5.3 × 10−3 2.3 × 10−2
fce [s−1] 3.8 × 1011 1.3 × 109 2.9 × 108
li [cm] 2.8 × 10−5 0.12 4.1
τcol i [ns] 0.1 400 4.8 × 103
RLi [cm] 4 × 10−3 0.6 1.1
fci [s−1] 1.2 × 107 8.3 × 104 1.3 × 105
M 18.4 3.9 11.4
Malf 1 0.2 0.6
τη [ns] 1.5 × 103 1.2 × 106 3.1 × 1025
ReM 10 27 1.1 × 1012
Re 6.3 × 103 650 4.7 × 1012
Pe 35 4.7 9.7 × 1010
Eu 24 5.1 15
β 3.5 × 10−3 3.6 × 10−3 3.6 × 10−3

Notes. (i)The primary parameters are noted in bold, while the numbers in light are derived from these primary numbers. For the experimental streams, the primary numbers are directly measured or are deduced from simulations, as detailed in the text. For the EXor object, the B-field value is an assumed one denoted with • symbol, and the parameters reported by Giannini et al. (2017) are denoted with ⋆ symbol.

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