Title :
Wire-array initiation and interwire-plasma merger concerns in PBFA-Z tungsten Z-pinch implosions
Author :
Sanford, T.W.L. ; Spielman, R.B. ; Allshouse, G.O. ; Marder, B.M. ; Struve, K.W. ; Chandler, G.A. ; Deeney, C. ; Fehl, D.L. ; Nash, T.J. ; Stygar, W.A. ; Mock, R.C. ; Seaman, J.F. ; McGurn, J.S. ; Jobe, D.O. ; Gilliland, T.L. ; Moats, A.R. ; Torres, J.A.
Author_Institution :
Sandia Nat. Labs., Albuquerque, NM, USA
Abstract :
Summary form only given. Experiments with annular wire-array loads to generate high quality, high-power, Z-pinch implosions on Saturn have shown the importance of maintaining azimuthal symmetry and how the individual wire plasmas merge to form a plasma shell. We discuss the impact of current symmetry, current prepulse, interwire spacing, and wire size on generating high-quality, high-power, Z-pinch implosions on PBFA-Z, with annular tungsten-wire loads.
Keywords :
Z pinch; exploding wires; fusion reactor ignition; fusion reactors; particle accelerators; particle beam fusion accelerators; tungsten; PBFA-Z tungsten Z-pinch implosions; Saturn; annular wire-array loads; azimuthal symmetry; current prepulse; current symmetry; interwire spacing; interwire-plasma merger concerns; wire size; wire-array initiation; Corporate acquisitions; Laboratories; Plasma density; Plasma diagnostics; Plasma measurements; Plasma sources; Plasma x-ray sources; Tungsten; Wire; X-ray imaging;
Conference_Titel :
Plasma Science, 1997. IEEE Conference Record - Abstracts., 1997 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3990-8
DOI :
10.1109/PLASMA.1997.604732
