DocumentCode
1382377
Title
Effect of Wire Diameter and Addition of an Axial Magnetic Field on the Dynamics of Radial Wire Array 
-Pinches
Author
Suzuki-Vidal, Francisco ; Lebedev, Sergey V. ; Bland, Simon N. ; Hall, Gareth N. ; Harvey-Thompson, Adam J. ; Chittenden, Jeremy P. ; Marocchino, Alberto ; Bott, Simon C. ; Palmer, James B A ; Ciardi, Andrea
Author_Institution
Dept. of Phys., Imperial Coll. London, London, UK
Volume
38
Issue
4
fYear
2010
fDate
4/1/2010 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
581
Lastpage
588
Abstract
The operation of radial wire array Z-pinches driven by a 1-MA 250-ns current pulse was studied. Variation in the cathode diameter and wire diameter does not affect the overall plasma dynamics but controls the time of wire breakage and the time of pinch formation. The measured times of full wire ablation at the cathode were used to determine the ablation velocity (V abl), and the results give a scaling V abl ~ (wire diameter)-0.46. Experiments with added axial magnetic field show an increase in the pinched plasma diameter, possibly due to the compression of the axial magnetic flux by the imploding plasma.
Keywords
Z pinch; explosions; plasma X-ray sources; plasma instability; plasma jets; plasma magnetohydrodynamics; plasma probes; plasma production; X-ray emission; ablation velocity; axial magnetic field; current 1 MA; full wire ablation; imploding plasma; magnetic flux; pinch formation; pinched plasma diameter; plasma dynamics; radial wire array Z-pinches; time 250 ns; wire breakage time; wire diameter; $Z$
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Plasma Science, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0093-3813
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/TPS.2009.2036730
Filename
5382586
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