Technique for fabrication of ultrathin foils in cylindrical geometry for liner-plasma implosion experiments with sub-megaampere currents
Abstract
In this study, we describe a technique for fabricating ultrathin foils in cylindrical geometry for liner-plasma implosion experiments using sub-MA currents. Liners are formed by wrapping a 400 nm, rectangular strip of aluminum foil around a dumbbell-shaped support structure with a non-conducting center rod, so that the liner dimensions are 1 cm in height, 6.55 mm in diameter, and 400 nm in thickness. The liner-plasmas are imploded by discharging ~600 kA with ~200 ns rise time using a 1 MA linear transformer driver, and the resulting implosions are imaged four times per shot using laser-shadowgraphy at 532 nm. As a result, this technique enables the study of plasma implosion physics, including the magneto Rayleigh-Taylor, sausage, and kink instabilities on initially solid, imploding metallic liners with university-scale pulsed power machines.
- Authors:
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- Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (United States)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1229753
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1226511
- Grant/Contract Number:
- SC0012328
- Resource Type:
- Journal Article: Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Review of Scientific Instruments
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 86; Journal Issue: 11; Journal ID: ISSN 0034-6748
- Publisher:
- American Institute of Physics (AIP)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY; Rayleigh-Taylor instability; aluminum; plasma instability; z-pinch; linear transformer driver; macroinstabilities; magnetic fields; anodes
Citation Formats
Yager-Elorriaga, D. A., Steiner, A. M., Patel, S. G., Jordan, N. M., Lau, Y. Y., and Gilgenbach, R. M. Technique for fabrication of ultrathin foils in cylindrical geometry for liner-plasma implosion experiments with sub-megaampere currents. United States: N. p., 2015.
Web. doi:10.1063/1.4935838.
Yager-Elorriaga, D. A., Steiner, A. M., Patel, S. G., Jordan, N. M., Lau, Y. Y., & Gilgenbach, R. M. Technique for fabrication of ultrathin foils in cylindrical geometry for liner-plasma implosion experiments with sub-megaampere currents. United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4935838
Yager-Elorriaga, D. A., Steiner, A. M., Patel, S. G., Jordan, N. M., Lau, Y. Y., and Gilgenbach, R. M. 2015.
"Technique for fabrication of ultrathin foils in cylindrical geometry for liner-plasma implosion experiments with sub-megaampere currents". United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4935838. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1229753.
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title = {Technique for fabrication of ultrathin foils in cylindrical geometry for liner-plasma implosion experiments with sub-megaampere currents},
author = {Yager-Elorriaga, D. A. and Steiner, A. M. and Patel, S. G. and Jordan, N. M. and Lau, Y. Y. and Gilgenbach, R. M.},
abstractNote = {In this study, we describe a technique for fabricating ultrathin foils in cylindrical geometry for liner-plasma implosion experiments using sub-MA currents. Liners are formed by wrapping a 400 nm, rectangular strip of aluminum foil around a dumbbell-shaped support structure with a non-conducting center rod, so that the liner dimensions are 1 cm in height, 6.55 mm in diameter, and 400 nm in thickness. The liner-plasmas are imploded by discharging ~600 kA with ~200 ns rise time using a 1 MA linear transformer driver, and the resulting implosions are imaged four times per shot using laser-shadowgraphy at 532 nm. As a result, this technique enables the study of plasma implosion physics, including the magneto Rayleigh-Taylor, sausage, and kink instabilities on initially solid, imploding metallic liners with university-scale pulsed power machines.},
doi = {10.1063/1.4935838},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1229753},
journal = {Review of Scientific Instruments},
issn = {0034-6748},
number = 11,
volume = 86,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu Nov 19 00:00:00 EST 2015},
month = {Thu Nov 19 00:00:00 EST 2015}
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