High-current discharge channel contraction in high density gas
- Institute for Electrophysics and Electric Power of Russian Academy of Sciences (IEE RAS), Dvortsovaya nab. 18, St.-Petersburg 191186 (Russian Federation)
Research results for discharges at current amplitudes of 0.5-1.6 MA and current rise rate of {approx}10{sup 10} A/s are presented. The discharge is performed in the hydrogen environment at the initial pressure of 5-35 MPa. Initiation is implemented by a wire explosion. The time length of the first half-period of the discharge current is 70-150 {mu}s. Under such conditions, discharge channel contraction is observed; the contraction is followed by soft x-ray radiation. The phenomena are discussed, which are determined by high density of the gas surrounding the discharge channel. These phenomena are increase of the current critical value, where the channel contraction begins and growth of temperature in the axis region of the channel, where the initial density of the gas increases.
- OSTI ID:
- 22047135
- Journal Information:
- Physics of Plasmas, Vol. 18, Issue 12; Other Information: (c) 2011 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 1070-664X
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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