Published January 5, 2006 | Version v1
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Dynamics of Copper Wire Arrays at 1 MA and 20 MA Generators

Creators

  • 1. Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM (United States)
  • 2. Ktech Corporation, Albuquerque, NM (United States)
  • 3. University of Nevada, Reno, NV (United States)
  • 4. Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College, London (United Kingdom)

Description

Experiments to study the implosion dynamics and radiation characteristics of copper z-pinches have been fielded at the 1 MA Zebra facility and the 20 MA Z facility. The impact of initial load mass, initial load diameter, and nesting of wire arrays on the precursor and the stagnated plasma has been evaluated through spectroscopy, shadowgraphy, and fluence measurements. Plasma parameters extracted from modeling of the time-integrated L-shell spectra indicate the presence of more than one plasma source contributing to the radiation, likely due to non-uniform hot spot x-ray emission or temporal gradients

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1063/1.2159316;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
AIP Conference Proceedings
Journal Volume
808
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
p. 45-48
ISSN
0094-243X
CODEN
APCPCS

Conference

Title
6. international conference on dense Z-pinches
Dates
25-28 Jul 2005
Place
Oxford (United Kingdom)

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
37040539
Subject category
S70: PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION; COPPER; EMISSION; EXPLODING WIRES; HOT SPOTS; IMPLOSIONS; L SHELL; LONGITUDINAL PINCH; PLASMA; PLASMA DIAGNOSTICS; PLASMA PRODUCTION; SPECTROSCOPY; X RADIATION
Descriptors DEC
ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; ELEMENTS; IONIZING RADIATIONS; METALS; PINCH EFFECT; RADIATIONS; SIMULATION; TRANSITION ELEMENTS; WIRES

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Notes
(c) 2006 American Institute of Physics