Neon gas puff Z-pinch implosions on Proto-II

Conference · Tue Jan 01 04:00:00 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
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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