Title :
A fast-imploding aluminum cylindrical plasma as an efficient soft X-Ray source
Author :
Doucet, H.J. ; Etlicher, B. ; Gazaix, M. ; Furtlehner, J.P. ; Lamain, H. ; Rouille, C.
Author_Institution :
Laboratoire de Physique des Milieux Ionisés, GR 29 du C.N.R.S., Ecole polytechnique, 91128 Palaiseau Cedex (France)
Abstract :
We present a new method to produce a hollow cylindrical metallic plasma. This shell will be imploded by the REB generator GAEL (500kV, 250kA) to produce a hot dense plasma, resulting in a high-power soft X-Ray pulse. The density is measured by resonant interferometry, a new and interesting diagnostic for such a plasma (neutral density ≃ 1016 cm−3). Our device is complementary to supersonic gas-puff or exploding wires experiments.
Conference_Titel :
High-Power Particle Beams, 1983. HPPB. 5th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA, USA
