Effect of an Axial Wire on Conical Wire Array Z-Pinch Radiation

Journal Article · Wed Jan 21 00:00:00 EST 2009 · AIP Conference Proceedings

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3079710· OSTI ID:21255321

Presura, R; Martinez, D; Wright, S; Plechaty, C; Neff, S; Wanex, L ^[1]; Ampleford, D J ^[2]

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1. Nevada Terawatt Facility, University of Nevada, Reno, NV 89506 (United States)
2. Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM 87108 (United States)

Adding a wire on the axis of wire arrays significantly affects the x-ray emission of the conical arrays, and much less that of the cylindrical ones. The radiation of the conical wire arrays increases with the thickness of the central wire, surpassing that of the equivalent cylindrical arrays. Significant energy is emitted early on, around the time of the conical shock formation, before the pinch stagnation.

• OSTI ID: 21255321
• Journal Information: AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 1088, Issue 1; Conference: 7. international conference on dense Z-pinches, Alexandria, VA (United States), 12-21 Aug 2008; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.3079710; (c) 2009 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0094-243X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY
CYLINDRICAL CONFIGURATION
EMISSION SPECTRA
LINEAR Z PINCH DEVICES
PLASMA
WIRES
X-RAY SPECTRA