Technique for fabrication of ultrathin foils in cylindrical geometry for liner-plasma implosion experiments with sub-megaampere currents

Yager-Elorriaga, D. A.; Steiner, A. M.; Patel, S. G.; Jordan, N. M.; Lau, Y. Y.; Gilgenbach, R. M.

doi:10.1063/1.4935838

Title: Technique for fabrication of ultrathin foils in cylindrical geometry for liner-plasma implosion experiments with sub-megaampere currents

Abstract

In this study, we describe a technique for fabricating ultrathin foils in cylindrical geometry for liner-plasma implosion experiments using sub-MA currents. Liners are formed by wrapping a 400 nm, rectangular strip of aluminum foil around a dumbbell-shaped support structure with a non-conducting center rod, so that the liner dimensions are 1 cm in height, 6.55 mm in diameter, and 400 nm in thickness. The liner-plasmas are imploded by discharging ~600 kA with ~200 ns rise time using a 1 MA linear transformer driver, and the resulting implosions are imaged four times per shot using laser-shadowgraphy at 532 nm. As a result, this technique enables the study of plasma implosion physics, including the magneto Rayleigh-Taylor, sausage, and kink instabilities on initially solid, imploding metallic liners with university-scale pulsed power machines.

Authors:

Yager-Elorriaga, D. A. ^[1]; Steiner, A. M. ^[1]; Patel, S. G. ^[1];

^[1]; Lau, Y. Y. ^[1];

^[1]

Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (United States)

Publication Date:: Thu Nov 19 00:00:00 EST 2015

Research Org.:: Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1229753

Alternate Identifier(s):: OSTI ID: 1226511

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0012328

Resource Type:: Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: Review of Scientific Instruments

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 86; Journal Issue: 11; Journal ID: ISSN 0034-6748

Publisher:: American Institute of Physics (AIP)

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY; Rayleigh-Taylor instability; aluminum; plasma instability; z-pinch; linear transformer driver; macroinstabilities; magnetic fields; anodes

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                    Yager-Elorriaga, D. A., Steiner, A. M., Patel, S. G., Jordan, N. M., Lau, Y. Y., and Gilgenbach, R. M. Technique for fabrication of ultrathin foils in cylindrical geometry for liner-plasma implosion experiments with sub-megaampere currents.  United States: N. p., 2015. 
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                    Yager-Elorriaga, D. A., Steiner, A. M., Patel, S. G., Jordan, N. M., Lau, Y. Y., & Gilgenbach, R. M. Technique for fabrication of ultrathin foils in cylindrical geometry for liner-plasma implosion experiments with sub-megaampere currents.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4935838

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                    Yager-Elorriaga, D. A., Steiner, A. M., Patel, S. G., Jordan, N. M., Lau, Y. Y., and Gilgenbach, R. M. Thu .  
"Technique for fabrication of ultrathin foils in cylindrical geometry for liner-plasma implosion experiments with sub-megaampere currents".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4935838.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1229753.

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@article{osti_1229753,

  title        = {Technique for fabrication of ultrathin foils in cylindrical geometry for liner-plasma implosion experiments with sub-megaampere currents},

  author       = {Yager-Elorriaga, D. A. and Steiner, A. M. and Patel, S. G. and Jordan, N. M. and Lau, Y. Y. and Gilgenbach, R. M.},

  abstractNote = {In this study, we describe a technique for fabricating ultrathin foils in cylindrical geometry for liner-plasma implosion experiments using sub-MA currents. Liners are formed by wrapping a 400 nm, rectangular strip of aluminum foil around a dumbbell-shaped support structure with a non-conducting center rod, so that the liner dimensions are 1 cm in height, 6.55 mm in diameter, and 400 nm in thickness. The liner-plasmas are imploded by discharging ~600 kA with ~200 ns rise time using a 1 MA linear transformer driver, and the resulting implosions are imaged four times per shot using laser-shadowgraphy at 532 nm. As a result, this technique enables the study of plasma implosion physics, including the magneto Rayleigh-Taylor, sausage, and kink instabilities on initially solid, imploding metallic liners with university-scale pulsed power machines.},

  doi          = {10.1063/1.4935838},

  journal      = {Review of Scientific Instruments},

  number       = 11,

  volume       = 86,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {Thu Nov 19 00:00:00 EST 2015},

  month        = {Thu Nov 19 00:00:00 EST 2015}

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