Density, temperature and size of a plasma produced in single and double shell liner implosions

Journal Article · Mon May 05 04:00:00 EDT 1997 · AIP Conference Proceedings

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.53862· OSTI ID:21172333

Chaikovsky, S A; Sorokin, S A ^[1]

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1. Institute of High Current Electronics, 4 Akademichesky Ave., 634055 Tomsk (Russian Federation)

Single and double shell plasma liner implosion experiments have been performed on the SNOP-3 pulsed generator (I{sub max}{approx_equal}1 MA, {tau}{approx_equal}80 ns). The plasma density and temperature were determined with a technique involving collisional radiative equilibrium calculations and measurements of the K-shell radiation power, the K-shell radiating plasma size, and the He-{alpha} to Ly-{alpha} line ratio. The resonance-to-intercombination and resonance-to-satellite line ratios were also used to determine the plasma density and the temperature, respectively. It is shown in the paper, that all the mass of the inner shell of the double shell liner is assembled into a tight pinch and high radial compressions ({approx_equal}45) of the inner shell occur at the appropriate inner shell initial radius.

• OSTI ID: 21172333
• Journal Information: AIP Conference Proceedings, Journal Name: AIP Conference Proceedings Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 409; ISSN APCPCS; ISSN 0094-243X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY
ELECTRIC GENERATORS
ELECTRON TEMPERATURE
IMPLOSIONS
ION TEMPERATURE
K SHELL
LINEAR Z PINCH DEVICES
LINERS
LONGITUDINAL PINCH
PLASMA
PLASMA DENSITY
PLASMA DIAGNOSTICS
PLASMA PRODUCTION
PULSE GENERATORS
RESONANCE