Recent Magnetised High Energy Density Experiments on the MAGPIE Pulsed Power Generator

We present an overview of recent work on the MAGPIE pulsed power generator at Imperial College London. We use a suite of spatially and temporally resolved laser based diagnostics, including interferometry, Thomson scattering and Faraday rotation imaging to diagnose intrinsically magnetised, high energy density, supersonic plasma flows generated by the ablation of plasma from wire arrays in a range of geometries. We study a variety of astrophysically relevant phenomena such as hypersonic jets, rotating plasmas, magnetic reconnection, magnetised turbulence and the formation of bow shocks around magnetised and unmagnetised obstacles.