Source of Energy on the Basis of Helical EMG and Explosive Current Opening Switch to Study Stabilization of Implosion of Solid Cylindrical Liners

Summary form only given. One of the tasks in the area of high energy density physics is to drive magnetically the cylindrical quasi-spherical solid and wire liners as one of the ways to generate soft X-radiation. The parameters required for the liner systems feeding can be provided by means of using the helical explosive magnetic generators (HHMG) developed at VNHEF and equipped with the explosive current opening switches. The paper describes the design and the operation principle of the energy source on the basis of helical EMG O240 mm with the explosive current opening switch O300 mm making it possible to obtain the current pulse w ith the amplitude of ~20 MA and rise time of 1-1.5 mus in the liner load of 15 nH. The paper presents the results of calculations demonstrating a possibility to apply this source in the research of stabilization of high-speed implosion of the liner both in condensed and plasma state. It is supposed that the methods of stabilization of the liner flight with the application of special operations on the shell surface preparation will be developed and tested experimentally.