Title :
Interaction of radiatively cooled plasma jets with collimated, supersonic gas flows
Author :
Suzuki-Vidal, F. ; Lebedev, S.V. ; Skidmore, Jeffrey ; Swadling, G.F. ; Harvey-Thompson, A.J. ; Bocchi, M. ; Bennett, Mark ; Bland, Simon N. ; Burdiak, G. ; Chittenden, J.P. ; de Grouchy, P. ; Hall, G.N. ; Khoory, E. ; Pickworth, L. ; Stafford, Shad ; Sut
Author_Institution :
Blackett Lab., Imperial Coll. London, London, UK
Abstract :
A supersonic (Mach~3-5), radiatively cooled plasma jet is produced by the ablation of plasma from a radial foil, a metallic disk subjected to a ~1.4 MA, 250 ns current pulse from the MAGPIE generator. The ablated plasma converges on axis, producing a steady and collimated jet with a typical axial velocity of ~100 km/s.
Keywords :
Mach number; cooling; plasma jets; supersonic flow; MAGPIE generator; Mach number; axial velocity; collimated supersonic gas flow; current pulse; metallic disk; plasma ablation; radial foil; radiatively cooled plasma jet interaction; time 250 ns; Astronomy; Educational institutions; Generators; Laboratories; Physics; Plasmas; USA Councils;
Conference_Titel :
Plasma Science (ICOPS), 2012 Abstracts IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Edinburgh
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-2127-4
Electronic_ISBN :
0730-9244
DOI :
10.1109/PLASMA.2012.6383954
