High Magnetic field generation for laser-plasma experiments

Conference · Mon May 01 00:00:00 EDT 2006

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2356854· OSTI ID:889448

Pollock, B B; Froula, D H; Davis, P F; Ross, J S; Fulkerson, S; Bower, J; Satariano, J; Price, D; Glenzer, S H

An electromagnetic solenoid was developed to study the effect of magnetic fields on electron thermal transport in laser plasmas. The solenoid, which is driven by a pulsed power system suppling 30 kJ, achieves magnetic fields of 13 T. The field strength was measured on the solenoid axis with a magnetic probe and optical Zeeman splitting. The measurements agree well with analytical estimates. A method for optimizing the solenoid design to achieve magnetic fields exceeding 20 T is presented.

• Research Organization: Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-48
• OSTI ID: 889448
• Report Number(s): UCRL-CONF-221183; TRN: US200619%%571
• Resource Relation: Journal Volume: 77; Journal Issue: 11; Conference: Presented at: High Temperature Plasma Diagnostics, Williamsburg, VA, United States, May 07 - May 11, 2006
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

24 POWER TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION
42 ENGINEERING
DESIGN
ELECTRONS
LASERS
MAGNETIC FIELDS
MAGNETIC PROBES
PLASMA DIAGNOSTICS
POWER SYSTEMS
SOLENOIDS
TRANSPORT