THE SUPERFAST PINCH EXPERIMENT
Technical Report
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OSTI ID:4194974
An assembly designed to accelerate deuterons to approximately 10 kev by means of a radially converging magnetic piston was constructed and tested. The design features and operational problems encountered in the construction are discussed. Samples of experimental data are included to illustrate the assembly's behavior. The assembly operates with 300 kv on the condenser, the ringing frequency is 18 mc, and present operation uses hydrogen gas at 50 mu . Both slow and fast pinches are observed, the former being possibly thermal shock waves, and the latter being associated with inward motion of the plasma sheath.(auth)
- Research Organization:
- Space Technology Labs., Inc. Physical Research Lab., Los Angeles
- NSA Number:
- NSA-14-012286
- OSTI ID:
- 4194974
- Report Number(s):
- NP-8433; TR-59-0000-09880
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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