Modeling of MAGO plasma compression by imploding liner

Author

Buyko, A.M. ; Garanin, S.F. ; Ivanova, G.G. ; Kuznetsov, S.D. ; Mamyshev, V.I. ; Sofronov, V.N. ; Yakubov, V.B.

Author_Institution

All-Russian Res. Inst. of Exp. Phys., Nizhni Novgorod, Russia

Volume

2

fYear

1999

Firstpage

1052

Abstract

Magnetized plasma with characteristic density 8/spl middot/10/sup 17/ cm/sup -3/ and average temperature 250 eV has been obtained in a MAGO plasma chamber. One and two dimensional magneto-hydrodynamic computations are performed in which a solid density aluminum liner is imploded on the MAGO target plasma. An influence of a liner compressibility, 2-dimensional effects and various heat losses on the compressed plasma parameters are studied. The computations demonstrate that for a liner energy that has already been achieved experimentally the compressed plasma parameters can meet the Lawson criterion and this plasma can provide a large amount of neutrons and X-ray radiation.

Keywords

exploding wires; heat losses; plasma magnetohydrodynamics; plasma simulation; 2-dimensional effects; Lawson criterion; MAGO plasma compression; MAGO target plasma; X-ray radiation; compressed plasma parameters; heat losses; imploding liner; liner compressibility; liner energy; magnetic compression; magnetised target fusion; magnetized plasma; neutrons; one dimensional magneto-hydrodynamic computations; solid density aluminum liner; two dimensional magneto-hydrodynamic computations; Aluminum; Fusion reactors; Ignition; Magnetic confinement; Magnetic fields; Plasma confinement; Plasma density; Plasma properties; Plasma temperature; Plasma x-ray sources;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Pulsed Power Conference, 1999. Digest of Technical Papers. 12th IEEE International

Conference_Location

Monterey, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5498-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PPC.1999.823700

Filename

823700