Published September 22, 2006
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Journal article
Dynamics of Mass Transport and Magnetic Fields in Low-Wire-Number-Array Z Pinches
Creators
- 1. University of Nevada, Reno, 5625 Fox Ave, Reno, Nevada 89506 (United States)
- 2. Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87110 (United States)
- 3. Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College, London SW7 2BZ (United Kingdom)
Description
The dynamics of mass transport were observed in a wire array implosion with multiframe laser probing. Plasma bubbles arise at breaks in the wires. Interferometry shows that the leading edge of the bubbles brings material to the axis of the array. The speed of this material was measured to be ≥3x107 cm/s during the wire array implosion. A shock was observed during the collision of the bubbles with the precursor. The Faraday effect indicates current flowing in breaks on the wires. The current switches from the imploding mass to the on-axis plasma column at the beginning of the x-ray pulse
Additional details
Identifiers
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Physical Review Letters
- Journal Volume
- 97
- Journal Issue
- 12
- Journal Page Range
- p. 125001-125001.4
- ISSN
- 0031-9007
- CODEN
- PRLTAO
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 38023818
- Subject category
- S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS; S70: PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY;
- Descriptors DEI
- FARADAY EFFECT; IMPLOSIONS; INTERFEROMETRY; LASERS; LINEAR Z PINCH DEVICES; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MASS; PLASMA; PULSES; WIRES
- Descriptors DEC
- LINEAR PINCH DEVICES; OPEN PLASMA DEVICES; PINCH DEVICES; THERMONUCLEAR DEVICES
Optional Information
- Notes
- (c) 2006 The American Physical Society