Implosion Dynamics in Conical Wire Array Z-pinches

Journal Article · Wed Jan 04 23:00:00 EST 2006 · AIP Conference Proceedings

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2159313· OSTI ID:20729283

Ampleford, D J; Lebedev, S V; Chittenden, J P; Bland, S N; Bott, S C; Hall, G N; Palmer, J B.A.; Rapley, J ^[1]; Kantsyrev, V L; Safronova, A S; Ivanov, V V; Fedin, D A; Laca, P J; Sotnikov, V I; Yilmaz, F; Ouart, N; Nalajala, V; Shrestha, I; Pokala, S ^[2]; Jones, B ^[3]

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1. Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College, London SW7 2BZ (United Kingdom)
2. Physics Department, University of Nevada, Reno, NV 89557 (United States)
3. Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM 87185 (United States)

We present initial results from imploding conical wire array experiments performed on both the MAGPIE generator (1MA, 240ns) at Imperial College London and the Nevada Terawatt Facility's Zebra generator (1MA, 100ns) at University of Nevada, Reno. This paper will discuss the implosion dynamics of conical wire arrays, including initial implosion of the cathode end of the array and the formation of a magnetic bubble.

• OSTI ID: 20729283
• Journal Information: AIP Conference Proceedings, Journal Name: AIP Conference Proceedings Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 808; ISSN APCPCS; ISSN 0094-243X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY
CATHODES
EXPLODING WIRES
IMPLOSIONS
LINEAR Z PINCH DEVICES
LONGITUDINAL PINCH
PLASMA JETS