Published October 2006
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Journal article
Diagnostics for studying the dynamics of wire array Z pinches
Creators
- 1. Laboratory of Plasma Studies, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853 (United States)
- 2. AWE Plc., Aldermaston, Reading RG7 4PR (United Kingdom)
- 3. Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87123 (United States)
- 4. Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College, London SW7 2BZ (United Kingdom)
Description
The evolution of a wire array Z pinch encompasses a huge range of conditions--with spatial dimensions varying from micrometers to centimeters, densities from solid metal through plasmas of 1015-1022 e- cm-3, and temperatures from sub-eV to many 100 eV. We present a summary of the diagnostics developed and used at the Imperial College MAGPIE facility to study the formation and dynamics of plasma in wire array Z pinches, describing the plasma conditions for which they are useful, their various limitations, and some of the novel diagnostic techniques applied
Additional details
Identifiers
- DOI
- 10.1063/1.2336470;
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Review of Scientific Instruments
- Journal Volume
- 77
- Journal Issue
- 10
- Journal Page Range
- p. 10F326
- ISSN
- 0034-6748
- CODEN
- RSINAK
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 38024318
- Subject category
- S70: PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY;
- Descriptors DEI
- DENSITY; ELECTRON TEMPERATURE; EV RANGE; ION TEMPERATURE; METALS; PINCH DEVICES; PLASMA; PLASMA DENSITY; PLASMA DIAGNOSTICS; POSITRONS
- Descriptors DEC
- ANTILEPTONS; ANTIMATTER; ANTIPARTICLES; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; ELEMENTS; ENERGY RANGE; FERMIONS; LEPTONS; MATTER; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; THERMONUCLEAR DEVICES
Optional Information
- Notes
- (c) 2006 American Institute of Physics