Title :
Magnetic compression of an aluminium vapor cylinder
Author :
Audebert, P. ; Figura, E. ; Rouillé, E. ; Etlicher, B. ; Geindre, J.P. ; Chesnais-Popovics, C. ; Gauthier, J.C.
Author_Institution :
Lab. de Phys. des Milieux Ionises, Ecole Polytech., Palaiseau, France
Abstract :
Z-pinch is obtained with a supersonic aluminium metal vapor jet as a load for a 0.1 TW pulsed power machine G.A.E.L. A 8:1 compression has been obtained with a large X-ray emission in the aluminium K-shell. A large number of diagnostics are used to characterize the plasma.
Keywords :
Z pinch; aluminium; plasma X-ray sources; plasma devices; plasma diagnostics; plasma jets; pulsed power technology; Al; X-ray emission; Z-pinch; aluminium K-shell; aluminium vapor cylinder; magnetic compression; plasma diagnostics; power 0.1 TW; pulsed power machine GAEL; supersonic aluminium metal vapor jet; Aluminum; Generators; Plasma measurements; Plasmas; Transmission line measurements; X-ray imaging; X-ray lasers;
Conference_Titel :
High-Power Particle Beams, 1990 8th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Novosibirsk
Print_ISBN :
9.7898102055e+012
