Neon gas puff Z-pinch implosions on Proto-II

Conference · Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1985

OSTI ID:5171448

Spielman, R B; Dukart, R J; Hammel, B A; Hanson, D L; Palmer, M A

We have imploded annular neon gas puff Z-pinches on the 10 TW, 0.125 ..cap omega.. Proto-II accelerator. Proto-II delivers a voltage pulse with a 50 ns FWHM to the 8.5 nH single-disk vacuum feed. Currents up to 4 MA were delivered to the load. We will describe the implosion and stagnation properties of the neon plasma. Time-resolved and time-integrated x-ray pinhole photographs and time-integrated spectra will be presented.

• Research Organization: Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC04-76DP00789
• OSTI ID: 5171448
• Report Number(s): SAND-85-1210C; CONF-850986-1; ON: DE85017636; TRN: 85-024310
• Resource Relation: Conference: 4. international workshop on plasma focus research, Warsaw, Poland, 9 Sep 1985
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY
LINEAR Z PINCH DEVICES
GAS INJECTION
LINEAR ACCELERATORS
NEON
NOZZLES
RAYLEIGH-TAYLOR INSTABILITY
X-RAY SPECTRA
ACCELERATORS
ELEMENTS
FLUID INJECTION
FLUIDS
GASES
INSTABILITY
LINEAR PINCH DEVICES
NONMETALS
OPEN PLASMA DEVICES
PINCH DEVICES
RARE GASES
SPECTRA
THERMONUCLEAR DEVICES
700104* - Fusion Energy- Plasma Research- Plasma Kinetics-Experimental- (-1987)