Title :
Final stages of the plasma column evolution in the plasma-focus PF1000 device
Author :
Kasperczuk, A. ; Miklaszewski, R. ; Paduch, M. ; Pisarczyk, T. ; Scholz, M. ; Tomaszewski, K.
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Plasma Phys. & Laser Microfusion, Warsaw, Poland
fDate :
2/1/2002 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A frame high-speed camera was used to visualize the evolution of the final stages of the plasma-focus phenomenon. The frame images were taken with a 1-ns exposure time in visible continuum radiation with a narrow band interference filter. These features of the diagnostic equipment enabled the detailed study of the collapse phase as well as the plasma column creation and disruption processes with high temporal and spatial resolution
Keywords :
flow visualisation; plasma diagnostics; plasma focus; plasma instability; plasma magnetohydrodynamics; 1 ns; disruption processes; exposure time; final stages; frame high-speed camera; high speed photography; narrow band interference filter; plasma MHD instabilities; plasma column creation; plasma visualisation; plasma-focus PF1000 device; plasma-focus phenomenon; spatial resolution; temporal resolution; visible continuum radiation; Cameras; Electrodes; Filters; Interference; Plasma density; Plasma devices; Plasma diagnostics; Plasma measurements; Plasma properties; Plasma sheaths;
Journal_Title :
Plasma Science, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TPS.2002.1003921
