Cable Array Z-Pinch Experiments at 1 MA

被引:2
作者
Hoyt, C. L. [1 ]
Knapp, P. F. [2 ]
Pikuz, S. A. [1 ]
Shelkovenko, T. A. [1 ]
Cahill, A. D. [1 ]
Gourdain, P. -A. [1 ]
Greenly, J. B. [1 ]
Kusse, B. R. [1 ]
Hammer, D. A. [1 ]
机构
[1] Cornell Univ, Plasma Studies Lab, Ithaca, NY 14853 USA
[2] Sandia Natl Labs, Albuquerque, NM 87185 USA
关键词
Imaging; plasmas; X-rays; X-ray tomography; z-pinch; RADON-TRANSFORM; DYNAMICS;
D O I
10.1109/TPS.2012.2220381
中图分类号
O35 [流体力学]; O53 [等离子体物理学];
学科分类号
070204 ; 080103 ; 080704 ;
摘要
Individual wires in a Z-pinch were replaced with twisted pairs of wires, i.e., "cables." We define a cable here as two or more fine wires twisted together to form a continuous strand with a twist wavelength lambda(t), dependent on the number of twists per unit length. Imploding Al cable array Z-pinches show a lambda(t)-dependent increase in peak power above 1 keV. X-pinch backlighter radiography of nonimploding Ni and Cu cable arrays shows axially repeating shocklike structures. We have applied a filtered backprojection technique on these images in order to reconstruct a cross-sectional density mapping.
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页码:3367 / 3371
页数:5
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