Efficient Radiation Production in Long Implosions of Structured Gas-Puff Z Pinch Loads from Large Initial Radius
Journal Article
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· Physical Review Letters
- L-3 Titan Pulse Sciences Division, San Leandro, California, 94577 (United States)
- Plasma Physics Division, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, D.C. 20375 (United States)
- Defense Threat Reduction Agency, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87117 (United States)
We have proposed and demonstrated successfully a new approach for generating high-yield K-shell radiation with large-diameter gas-puff Z pinches. The novel load design consists of an outer region plasma that carries the current and couples energy from the driver, an inner region plasma that stabilizes the implosion, and a high-density center jet plasma that radiates. It increased the Ar K-shell yield at 3.46 MA in 200 ns implosions from 12 cm initial diameter by a factor of 2, to 21 kJ, matching the yields obtained earlier on the same accelerator with 100 ns implosions. A new ''pusher-stabilizer-radiator'' physical model is advanced to explain this result.
- OSTI ID:
- 20699395
- Journal Information:
- Physical Review Letters, Vol. 95, Issue 10; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.95.105001; (c) 2005 The American Physical Society; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0031-9007
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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