Measuring 10-20 T magnetic fields in single wire explosions using Zeeman splitting

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作者
Banasek, J. T. [1 ]
Engelbrecht, J. T. [1 ]
Pikuz, S. A. [1 ]
Shelkovenko, T. A. [1 ]
Hammer, D. A. [1 ]
机构
[1] Cornell Univ, Ithaca, NY 14850 USA
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TIME; SPECTROSCOPY; PLASMA;
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10.1063/1.4965836
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TH7 [仪器、仪表];
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0804 ; 080401 ; 081102 ;
摘要
We have shown that the Zeeman splitting of the sodium (Na) D-lines at 5890 angstrom and 5896 angstrom can be used to measure the magnetic field produced by the current flowing in an exploding wire prior to wire explosion. After wire explosion, the lines in question are either not visible in the strong continuum from the exploding wire plasma, or too broad to measure the magnetic field by methods discussed in this paper. We have determined magnetic fields in the range 10-20 T, which lies between the small field and Paschen-Back regimes for the Na D-lines, over a period of about 70 ns on a 10 kA peak current machine. The Na source is evaporated drops of water with a 0.171 M NaCl solution deposited on the wire. The Na desorbs from the wire as it heats up, and the excited vapor atoms are seen in emission lines. The measured magnetic field, determined by the Zeeman splitting of these emission lines, estimates the average radial location of the emitting Na vapor as a function of time under the assumption the current flows only in the wire during the time of the measurement. Published by AIP Publishing.
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