Title :
Low wire count loads
Author :
Terry, R.E. ; Apruzese, J.P.
Author_Institution :
Div. of Plasma Phys., Naval Res. Lab., Washington, DC, USA
Abstract :
Energetic implosions, using two or three load wires to create a focused axial stagnation of dense wire cores amidst the assembled precursor plasma, are examined with respect to the trade between the implosion mass lost to precursor ablation and the mass or kinetic energy available at stagnation. The calculated kinetic energy at stagnation serves as measure for the output X-radiation.
Keywords :
explosions; load (electric); plasma magnetohydrodynamics; wires (electric); X-radiation; dense wire cores; focused axial stagnation; implosion mass; kinetic energy; load wires; precursor plasma; stagnation serves; Assembly; Geometry; Inductance; Kinetic energy; Magnetohydrodynamics; Plasma confinement; Plasma density; Plasma measurements; Wavelength division multiplexing; Wire;
Conference_Titel :
Pulsed Power Conference, 2003. Digest of Technical Papers. PPC-2003. 14th IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Dallas, TX, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7915-2
DOI :
10.1109/PPC.2003.1277656
