Double shell liner implosion experiments

Conference · Sat Dec 31 04:00:00 EST 1994

OSTI ID:42947

Sorokin, S A; Chaikovsky, S A ^[1]

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1. Inst. of High Current Electronics, Tomsk (Russian Federation)

It is well known that plasma liner implosions are subject to MHD instabilities. The imploding liner break up when implosion approaches the axis and, as the result, the liner radial compression ratio is restricted. An initial axial magnetic field have a stabilizing effect on the liner implosion. But the axial magnetic field that is necessary to stabilize the liner implosion is too high to obtain the radial compression ratio r{sub o}/r{sub f} > 20. Some methods of the liner stabilization in addition to the entraining of an initial magnetic field were used in the experiments on the SNOP-3 generator. The stable plasma pinches were formed, as the inner shell imploded. These plasma parameters are suitable for x-ray lasing experiments.

• OSTI ID: 42947
• Report Number(s): CONF-940604--; ISBN 0-7803-2006-9
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

42 ENGINEERING
DESIGN
IMPLOSIONS
LINERS
MAGNETIC COMPRESSION
PINCH EFFECT
PLASMA
PLASMA ACCELERATION
X-RAY LASERS