Magnetically driven isentropic compression to multimegabar pressures using shaped current pulses on the Z accelerator
- Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87185 (United States)
A technique has previously been developed on the Z accelerator [R. B. Spielman et al., Phys. Plasmas 5, 2105 (1998)] to generate ramped compression waves in condensed matter for equation-of-state studies [C. A. Hall, J. R. Asay, M. D. Knudson, W. A. Stygar, R. B. Spielman, T. D. Pointon, D. B. Reisman, A. Toor, and R. C. Cauble, Rev. Sci. Instrum. 72, 3587 (2001)] by using the Lorentz force to push on solid electrodes rather than to drive a Z pinch. This technique has now been extended to multimegabar pressures by shaping the current pulse on Z to significantly increase the sample thickness through which the compression wave can propagate without forming a shock. Shockless, free-surface velocity measurements from multiple sample thicknesses on a single experiment can be analyzed using a backward integration technique [D. B. Hayes, C. A. Hall, J. R. Asay, and M. D. Knudson, J. Appl. Phys. 94, 2331 (2003)] to extract an isentropic loading curve. At very high pressures, the accuracy of this method is dominated by relative uncertainty in the transit time between two thicknesses. This paper discusses in some detail the issues involved with accurate measurement of a multimegabar isentrope, including experiment design trade-offs and mechanics of pulse shaping on Z.
- OSTI ID:
- 20736602
- Journal Information:
- Physics of Plasmas, Journal Name: Physics of Plasmas Journal Issue: 5 Vol. 12; ISSN PHPAEN; ISSN 1070-664X
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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