3D MHD Simulations of Radial Wire Array Z-pinches

Journal Article · Tue Jan 20 23:00:00 EST 2009 · AIP Conference Proceedings

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3079709· OSTI ID:21255320

Niasse, N; Chittenden, J P; Bland, S N; Suzuki-Vidal, F A; Hall, G N; Lebedev, S V ^[1]; Calamy, H; Zucchini, F; Lassalle, F; Bedoch, J P ^[2]

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1. Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College, London, SW7 2BW (United Kingdom)
2. Centre d'Etudes de Gramat, Gramat (France)

Recent experiments carried out on the MAGPIE (1 MA, 250 ns), OEDIPE (730 kA, 1.5 {mu}s) and SPHINX (4 MA, 700 ns)[1] facilities have shown the relatively high level of scalability of the Radial Wire Array Z-pinches. These configurations where the wires stretch radially outwards from a central cathode offer numerous advantages over standard cylindrical arrays. In particular, imploding in a very stable and compact way, they seem suitable for coupling to small scale hohlraums. Making use of the 3D resistive magneto-hydrodynamic code GORGON[2] developed at Imperial College, the dynamic of the radial wire arrays is investigated. Influence of the cathode hotspots and wires angle on the x-ray emissions is also discussed. Comparison with experiments is offered to validate the numerical studies.

• OSTI ID: 21255320
• Journal Information: AIP Conference Proceedings, Journal Name: AIP Conference Proceedings Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 1088; ISSN APCPCS; ISSN 0094-243X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY
CATHODES
COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION
CYLINDRICAL CONFIGURATION
EMISSION SPECTRA
LINEAR Z PINCH DEVICES
MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS
NUMERICAL ANALYSIS
WIRES
X-RAY SPECTRA