Multislit streak camera investigation of plasma focus in the steady-state rundown phase

Journal Article · Sun Oct 01 04:00:00 EDT 1995 · IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1109/27.473207· OSTI ID:137071

Tou, T Y ^[1]

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1. Univ. of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia). Inst. of Advanced Studies

The technique of multislit streak photography was applied to investigate the plasma focus in the steady-state run-down phase. This enabled the axial and radial positions, and the rundown velocity of the current-carrying plasma sheath to be measured simultaneously. From these measurements, the radial profile of the plasma sheath in the plasma focus tube could be reconstructed and the plasma current was calculated. These calculated currents represented about 70% of the total circuit current flowing out of the capacitor bank, and these agreed with earlier results which were obtained via computer simulations of the measured voltage and current waveforms.

• OSTI ID: 137071
• Journal Information: IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science, Journal Name: IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science Journal Issue: 5 Vol. 23; ISSN ITPSBD; ISSN 0093-3813
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY
COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS
ELECTRIC CURRENTS
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
PLASMA DIAGNOSTICS
PLASMA FOCUS DEVICES
PLASMA POTENTIAL
STREAK PHOTOGRAPHY