An experiment to measure the mass density of a plasma armature

Conference · Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1991 · IEEE Transactions on Magnetics (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers); (United States)

OSTI ID:5610054

Rogers, J W; Thomas, K A; Clothiaux, E J ^[1]; Condit, W C ^[2]

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1. Auburn Univ., AL (United States). Dept. of Physics
2. Los Alamos National Lab., NM (United States)

In this paper a diagnostic technique for determining the mass density, and possibly the plasma composition, of the plasma armature in the MIDI-3 free-running arc device is described. The armature consists primarily of the components of polythylene and copper, and it can reach velocities in excess of 8 km/sec. The approach in this proof-of-principle experiment utilizes a flash x-ray source with x rays having energies from 3 keV to 20 keV, an elliptical x-ray crystal spectrometer, and an appropriate detector array and data acquisition system.

• OSTI ID: 5610054
• Report Number(s): CONF-9004136-; CODEN: IEMGA
• Journal Information: IEEE Transactions on Magnetics (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers); (United States), Vol. 27:1; Conference: 5. IEEE symposium on electromagnetic launcher technology, Destin, FL (United States), 1-5 Apr 1990; ISSN 0018-9464
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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