Wire Array Z-Pinch Experiments on Magpie

Author

Lebedev, S.V. ; Ampleford, D.J. ; Bland, Simon N. ; Bott, S.C. ; Chittenden, J.P. ; Jennings, C. ; Haines, M.G. ; Hall, G.N. ; Palmer, J.B.A. ; Rapley, J. ; Pikuz, S.A. ; Shelkovenko, T.A. ; Hammer, D.A.

Author_Institution

Blackett Lab., Imperial Coll., London

fYear

2005

fDate

20-23 June 2005

Firstpage

141

Lastpage

141

Abstract

Summary form only given. We will present results of recent experiments with wire array Z-pinches performed on the 1 MA MAGPIE generator. These will include measurements of the precursor plasma column by X-ray radiography, measurements of axially resolved K-shell Al spectra (both time-integrated and time-resolved), and measurements of the spatial structure of the stagnated plasma. We will discuss correlations between the structures of the stagnated pinch and the structures seen in the trailing plasma. We will also present experiments with radial wire array Z-pinches

Keywords

Z pinch; aluminium; plasma diagnostics; 1 MA; Al; MAGPIE generator; X-ray radiography; axially resolved K-shell Al spectra; wire array Z-pinch; Atomic measurements; Coils; Laboratories; Nuclear and plasma sciences; Plasma applications; Plasma measurements; Plasma sources; Plasma x-ray sources; Valves; Wire;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Plasma Science, 2005. ICOPS '05. IEEE Conference Record - Abstracts. IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Monterey, CA

ISSN

0730-9244

Print_ISBN

0-7803-9300-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PLASMA.2005.359124

Filename

4198383