Spatial and temporal evolution of high energy density plasmas on the GIT-4 generator

Author

Choi, P. ; Chuvatin, A. ; Etlicher, B. ; Dumitrescu-Zoita, C. ; Semushin, S. ; Bayol, F. ; Morel, A. ; Vié, M. ; Leon, J.F. ; Shishlov, A. ; Fedyunin, A. ; Baksht, R. ; Datsko, I. ; Russkikh, A. ; Kovalchuk, B. ; Kim, A. ; Kokshenev, V. ; Loginov, S. ; Ba

Author_Institution

Lab. de Phys. des Milieux Ionises, CNRS, Palaiseau, France

fYear

1996

fDate

35137

Firstpage

42461

Lastpage

42464

Abstract

A series of collaborative experiments on complex plasma loads have been carried out on the large inductive energy storage (IES) generator, GIT-4, over the last three years. The aim of the experiments is to explore the different configurations for the formation of ultra-high energy density plasmas in high voltage pulsed power systems by direct electromagnetic energy coupling. In this paper, the authors present some of the underlying philosophy on these experiments and the results obtained. Particular emphasis is placed on the pulsed power aspects and the effect of source-load coupling

Keywords

inductive energy storage; load (electric); plasma switches; power supplies to apparatus; pulse generators; pulsed power switches; GIT-4 generator; complex plasma loads; direct electromagnetic energy coupling; energy density; high voltage pulsed power systems; inductive energy storage; source-load coupling;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

iet

Conference_Titel

Pulsed Power '96, IEE Colloquium on

Conference_Location

London

Type

conf

DOI

10.1049/ic:19960378

Filename

542936