This paper expands upon recent experimental results [Campbell et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 125, 035001 (2020)], where thin-foil liner implosions were driven by a dynamic screw pinch (DSP) and found to have magneto-Rayleigh–Taylor instability (MRTI) amplitudes up to three times smaller than in implosions driven by a standard z-pinch (SZP). Here, the expanded discussion presented herein includes: (1) a detailed comparison of the MRTI growth measured in the experiment with that calculated from theory; (2) measurements of axial magnetic field injection into the liner interior prior to the implosion, as well as the subsequent compression of this field during the implosion; (3) an in-depth description of how the helical geometry of the DSP can result in earlier implosion and stagnation times relative to the SZP; and (4) particle-in-cell simulations showing different electron drift behavior in the anode–cathode gap of the DSP relative to the SZP, and how this difference may be related to the different current waveforms recorded during the experiments.
Campbell, Paul C., et al. "Liner implosion experiments driven by a dynamic screw pinch." Physics of Plasmas, vol. 28, no. 8, Aug. 2021. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0044906
Campbell, Paul C., Jones, T. M., Woolstrum, J. M., Jordan, N. M., Schmit, P. F., Velikovich, A. L., Greenly, J. B., Potter, W. M., Lavine, E. S., Kusse, B. R., Hammer, D. A., & McBride, R. D. (2021). Liner implosion experiments driven by a dynamic screw pinch. Physics of Plasmas, 28(8). https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0044906
Campbell, Paul C., Jones, T. M., Woolstrum, J. M., et al., "Liner implosion experiments driven by a dynamic screw pinch," Physics of Plasmas 28, no. 8 (2021), https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0044906
@article{osti_1814613,
author = {Campbell, Paul C. and Jones, T. M. and Woolstrum, J. M. and Jordan, N. M. and Schmit, P. F. and Velikovich, A. L. and Greenly, J. B. and Potter, W. M. and Lavine, E. S. and Kusse, B. R. and others},
title = {Liner implosion experiments driven by a dynamic screw pinch},
annote = {This paper expands upon recent experimental results [Campbell et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 125, 035001 (2020)], where thin-foil liner implosions were driven by a dynamic screw pinch (DSP) and found to have magneto-Rayleigh–Taylor instability (MRTI) amplitudes up to three times smaller than in implosions driven by a standard z-pinch (SZP). Here, the expanded discussion presented herein includes: (1) a detailed comparison of the MRTI growth measured in the experiment with that calculated from theory; (2) measurements of axial magnetic field injection into the liner interior prior to the implosion, as well as the subsequent compression of this field during the implosion; (3) an in-depth description of how the helical geometry of the DSP can result in earlier implosion and stagnation times relative to the SZP; and (4) particle-in-cell simulations showing different electron drift behavior in the anode–cathode gap of the DSP relative to the SZP, and how this difference may be related to the different current waveforms recorded during the experiments.},
doi = {10.1063/5.0044906},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1814613},
journal = {Physics of Plasmas},
issn = {ISSN 1070-664X},
number = {8},
volume = {28},
place = {United States},
publisher = {American Institute of Physics (AIP)},
year = {2021},
month = {08}}