Hybrid X-pinches

Journal Article · Tue May 15 04:00:00 EDT 2012 · Plasma Physics Reports

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063780X1204006X· OSTI ID:22047404

Shelkovenko, T A; Pikuz, S A; Mishin, S A; Mingaleev, A R ^[1]; Tilikin, I N ^[2]; Knapp, P F; Cahill, A D; Hoyt, C L; Hammer, D A ^[3]

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1. Russian Academy of Sciences, P.N. Lebedev Physical Institute (Russian Federation)
2. Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (Russian Federation)
3. Cornell University (United States)

Results from experimental studies of a hybrid X-pinch with an initial configuration in the form of a high-current diode with conical tungsten electrodes spaced by 1-2 mm and connected to one another with 20- to 100-{mu}m-diameter wires are presented. The experiments were carried out at four facilities with a current amplitude from 200 to 1000 kA and front duration from 45 to 200 ns. It is shown that, in spite of their simpler configuration, hybrid X-pinches with a short rise time of the current pulse (50-100 ns) are highly competitive with standard X-pinches in the generated soft X-ray power and the formation of a single hot spot in them is much more stable, while hard X-ray emission is almost absent. The possibility of using hybrid X-pinches as soft X-ray sources for point projection X-ray imaging of plasma objects is considered.

• OSTI ID: 22047404
• Journal Information: Plasma Physics Reports, Journal Name: Plasma Physics Reports Journal Issue: 5 Vol. 38; ISSN PPHREM; ISSN 1063-780X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY
ELECTRIC CURRENTS
ELECTRODES
HARD X RADIATION
HOT SPOTS
PHOTON EMISSION
PINCH DEVICES
PLASMA
PLASMA PRODUCTION
PULSE RISE TIME
PULSES
SOFT X RADIATION
TUNGSTEN