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Title: Spectroscopy of a plasma formed in the vicinity of implosion of the shock wave generated by underwater electrical explosion of spherical wire array

Abstract

The results of visible spectroscopy of the plasma formed inside a copper capillary placed at the equatorial plane of an underwater electrically exploded spherical wire array (30 mm in diameter; 40 wires, each of 100 μm in diameter) are reported. In the experiments, a pulsed power generator with current amplitude of ∼300 kA and rise time of ∼1.1 μs was used to produce wire array explosion accompanied by the formation of a converging strong shock wave. The data obtained support the assumption of uniformity of the shock wave along the main path of its convergence. The spectroscopic measurements show that this rather simple method of formation of a converging strong shock wave can be used successfully for studying the shock wave's interaction with matter and the evaporation processes of atoms from a target.

Authors:
; ; ;  [1];  [2]
  1. Physics Department, Technion, Haifa 32000 (Israel)
  2. Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100 (Israel)
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
22410351
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Physics of Plasmas
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 22; Journal Issue: 5; Other Information: (c) 2015 AIP Publishing LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); Journal ID: ISSN 1070-664X
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY; AMPLITUDES; ATOMS; CAPILLARIES; COPPER; ELECTRIC GENERATORS; EVAPORATION; EXPLOSIONS; IMPLOSIONS; INTERACTIONS; PLASMA; SHOCK WAVES; SPECTROSCOPY; SPHERICAL CONFIGURATION; TARGETS; UNDERWATER; WIRES

Citation Formats

Antonov, O., Efimov, S., Gurovich, V. Tz., Krasik, Ya. E., and Bernshtam, V. Spectroscopy of a plasma formed in the vicinity of implosion of the shock wave generated by underwater electrical explosion of spherical wire array. United States: N. p., 2015. Web. doi:10.1063/1.4921136.
Antonov, O., Efimov, S., Gurovich, V. Tz., Krasik, Ya. E., & Bernshtam, V. Spectroscopy of a plasma formed in the vicinity of implosion of the shock wave generated by underwater electrical explosion of spherical wire array. United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4921136
Antonov, O., Efimov, S., Gurovich, V. Tz., Krasik, Ya. E., and Bernshtam, V. 2015. "Spectroscopy of a plasma formed in the vicinity of implosion of the shock wave generated by underwater electrical explosion of spherical wire array". United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4921136.
@article{osti_22410351,
title = {Spectroscopy of a plasma formed in the vicinity of implosion of the shock wave generated by underwater electrical explosion of spherical wire array},
author = {Antonov, O. and Efimov, S. and Gurovich, V. Tz. and Krasik, Ya. E. and Bernshtam, V.},
abstractNote = {The results of visible spectroscopy of the plasma formed inside a copper capillary placed at the equatorial plane of an underwater electrically exploded spherical wire array (30 mm in diameter; 40 wires, each of 100 μm in diameter) are reported. In the experiments, a pulsed power generator with current amplitude of ∼300 kA and rise time of ∼1.1 μs was used to produce wire array explosion accompanied by the formation of a converging strong shock wave. The data obtained support the assumption of uniformity of the shock wave along the main path of its convergence. The spectroscopic measurements show that this rather simple method of formation of a converging strong shock wave can be used successfully for studying the shock wave's interaction with matter and the evaporation processes of atoms from a target.},
doi = {10.1063/1.4921136},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/22410351}, journal = {Physics of Plasmas},
issn = {1070-664X},
number = 5,
volume = 22,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri May 15 00:00:00 EDT 2015},
month = {Fri May 15 00:00:00 EDT 2015}
}