Staged [ital Z] Pinch

Journal Article · Mon Jan 30 04:00:00 EST 1995 · Physical Review Letters; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.74.714· OSTI ID:6574872

Rahman, H U ^[1]; Wessel, F J; Rostoker, N ^[2]

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1. Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, University of California, Riverside, California 92521 (United States)
2. Department of Physics, University of California, Irvine, California 92717 (United States)

We consider a staged [ital Z] pinch in which an annular plasma implodes onto a coaxial wire. The physical model involves conservation of magnetic flux created by the current initially trapped in the wire plasma and adiabatic heating. It leads to magnetic-field and current amplification with a current rise time of 4[times]10[sup 15]A/sec. At peak current levels approaching 5 MA the wire plasma attains a density [ital n]=10[sup 24] cm[sup [minus]3], a temperature [ital T]=10 keV, and [ital n][tau][gt]10[sup 15] cm[sup [minus]3]sec.

• OSTI ID: 6574872
• Journal Information: Physical Review Letters; (United States), Journal Name: Physical Review Letters; (United States) Vol. 74:5; ISSN 0031-9007; ISSN PRLTAO
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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