Dense Z-Pinches : 5th International Conference on Dense Z-Pinches, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 23-28 June 2002 / editors, Jack Davis, Christopher Deeney, Nino R. Pereira.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Contributor:

Davis, J. (Jack), 1935-

Deeney, Christopher.

Pereira, Nino R.

Conference Name:

International Conference on Dense Z-Pinches (5th : 2002 : Albuquerque, New Mexico)

Series:

AIP conference proceedings ; v. 651.

AIP conference proceedings ; v. 651

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pinch effect (Physics)--Congresses.

Pinch effect (Physics).

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

xxiii, 459 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : American Institute of Physics, 2002.

Contents:

National Perspectives

Fast Z-Pinch Study in Russia and Related Problems / E. V. Grabovskii 3

History of Z-Pinch Research in the U.S. / M. A. Sweeney 9

Southern Dense Pinch Discharges / H. Chuaqui 15

Multi-Mega-Ampere Z-Pinch Pulsed Power Drives

The ZR Refurbishment Project / D. H. McDaniel, M. G. Mazarakis, D. E. Bliss, J. M. Elizondo, H. C. Harjes, H. C. Ives III, D. L. Kitterman, J. E. Maenchen, T. D. Pointon, S. E. Rosenthal, D. L. Smith, K. W. Struve, W. A. Stygar, E. A. Weinbrecht, D. L. Johnson, J. P. Corley 23

Pulse Power System Development for Megajoule X-Ray Facility BAIKAL / E. A. Azizov, V. V. Alexandrov, S. G. Alikhanov, V. H. Bachtin, V. I. Chetvertkov, V. A. Glukhikh, E. V. Grabovskii, A. N. Gribov, Y. A. Hallimullin, V. A. Levashov, A. P. Lotocky, A. M. Zhitlukhin, E. P. Velikhov, G. I. Dolgachev, J. G. Kalinin, A. S. Kingsep, A. I. Kormilitcin, V. G. Kouchinsky, S. L. Nedoseev, O. P. Pechersky, V. D. Pismenniy, G. P. Rikovanov, V. P. Smirnov 29

Experiments Aimed at the "Baikal" Program / A. Kingsep, Y. Bakshaev, A. Bartov, P. Blinov, A. Chernenko, S. Danko, G. Dolgachev, Y. Kalinin, I. Kovalenko, A. Lobanov, D. Maslennikov, V. Mizhiritsky, A. Shashkov, V. Smirnov 33

Study of the Plasma Focus as a Driver for the Magnetic Compression of Liners / V. E. Fortov, M. A. Karakin, E. Y. Khautiev, V. I. Krauz, S. F. Medovschikov, A. N. Mokeev, V. V. Myalton, S. L. Nedoseev, V. P. Smirnov, V. P. Vinogradov 37

Conceptual Design of Decade Half, a 15-MA, 300-ns PRS Driver / P. Spence, P. Corcoran, J. Douglas, T. Tucker, B. Altes, K. Childers, P. Sincerny, L. Whitehead, V. Kenyon, M. Babineau, T. Cotter, P. Kurucz, R. Davis 43

New IES Scheme for Power Conditioning at Ultra-high Currents: From Concept to MHD Modeling and First Experiments / A. S. Chuvatin, L. I. Rudakov, V. A. Kokshenev, L. E. Aranchuk, D. Huet, V. A. Gasilov, A. Y. Krukovskii, N. E. Kurmaev, F. I. Fursov 47

ECF2: A Pulsed Power Generator Based on Magnetic Flux Compression for K-Shell Radiation Production / P. L'Eplattenier, F. Lassalle, C. Mangeant, F. Hamann, M. Bavay, F. Bayol, D. Huet, A. Morell, P. Monjaux, G. Avrillaud, B. Lalle 51

Performance of Llampudken with Short Circuit and Plasma Loads / H. Chuaqui, I. H. Mitchell, R. Aliaga-Rossel, M. Favre, E. S. Wyndham 55

Load Current Sharpening and Liner Implosions on a Capacitor Bank / S. A. Sorokin, S. A. Chaikovsky 59

Wire Array Experiments

Effect of Discrete Wires on the Implosion Dynamics of Wire Array Z-Pinches / S. V. Lebedev, J. P. Chittenden, S. N. Bland, D. J. Ampleford, C. Jennings, M. G. Haines 65

Ablation Rate of Wire Cores in Wire Array Z-Pinch Experiments / S. V. Lebedev, D. J. Ampleford, S. N. Bland, J. P. Chittenden, M. G. Haines 71

Implosion Dynamics and X-Ray Characteristics of Nested Wire Array Z-Pinches / S. N. Bland, S. V. Lebedev, J. P. Chittenden, M. G. Haines 75

The Effect of Precursor Plasma Flow on Foam Targets in Wire Array Z-Pinch Experiments / J. B. A. Palmer, S. V. Lebedev, S. N. Bland, J. P. Chittenden, D. J. Ampleford 79

The Effect of Array Configuration on Current Distribution in a Wire Array Z-Pinch / S. N. Bland, S. V. Lebedev, F. Beg, H. Kwek, J. P. Chittenden, M. G. Haines 83

Prolonged Plasma Production and Dynamics of Implosion of Multiwire Arrays / V. V. Alexandrov, I. N. Frolov, M. V. Fedulov, E. V. Grabovskii, K. N. Mitrofanov, S. L. Nedoseev, G. M. Oleinik, I. Y. Porofeev, A. A. Samokhin, P. V. Sasorov, V. P. Smirnov|cG. S. Volklov, M. V. Zurin, G. G. Zukakischvili, K. Struve 87

Experimental Study of Wire Array Implosion in Presence of Prolonged Plasma Production on Angara-5-1 Facility / V. V. Alexandrov, M. V. Fedulov, I. N. Frolov, E. V. Grabovskii, K. N. Mitrofanov, S. L. Nedoseev, G. M. Oleinik, I. Y. Porofeev, A. A. Samokhin, P. V. Sasorov, V. P. Smirnov, G. S. Volkov, M. V. Zurin, G. G. Zukakischvili 91

Wire Array Z-Pinch Experiment on Inductive Energy Storage Generator ASO-X / Y. Teramoto, H. Urakami, S. Kohno, N. Shimomura, S. Katsuki, H. Akiyama 95

Gas Puffs Experiments

Progress in Double-Shell Gas Puff Z-Pinches / H. Sze, J. Banister, B. H. Failor, A. Fisher, J. S. Levine, Y. Song, J. P. Apruzese, R. W. Clark, J. Davis, D. Mosher, J. W. Thornhill, A. L. Velikovich, B. V. Weber, C. A. Coverdale, C. Deeney, T. L. Gilliland, J. McGurn, R. B. Spielman, K. W. Struve, W. A. Stygar, D. Bell, P. Coleman, M. Babineau, C. Enis, V. Kenyon, T. Worley 101

K-Shell Yield Performance Assessment of Argon Gas Puff Loads Imploded on Double-Eagle, Z, and Decade Quad / J. W. Thornhill, J. P. Apruzese, J. Davis, A. L. Velikovich, K. G. Whitney, H. Sze, J. S. Levine, B. H. Failor, C. Deeney, C. A. Coverdale, D. Bell 105

Z-Pinch Experiments on Decade Quad Using a Double-Shell Gas Puff / J. S. Levine, M. A. Babineau, J. Banister, D. Bell, C. Enis, B. H. Failor, V. Kenyon, H. M. Sze, T. Worley 109

Gas Puff Radiation Performance as a Function of Radial Mass Distribution / P. L. Coleman, M. Krishnan, R. Prasad, N. Qi, E. Waisman, B. H. Failor, J. S. Levine, H. Sze 113

Double Gas Puff Z-Pinch with Axial Magnetic Field for K-Shell Radiation Production / A. V. Shishlov, R. B. Baksht, S. A. Chaikovsky, A. Y. Labetsky, V. I. Oreshkin, A. G. Rousskikh, A. V. Fedunin 117

Effect of an Axial Magnetic Field on the K-Shell Radiation of a Neon Double Gas Puff / S. A. Chaikovsky, A. Y. Labetsky, A. V. Shishlov, A. V. Fedunin, V. I. Oreshkin, R. B. Baksht, A. G. Rousskikh 123

Soft X-Ray Production and Spectrum Measurements in Imploded Krypton Liners / S. A. Sorokin, S. A. Chaikovsky 127

Spatial Structure of X-Ray Emission of a Gas-Puff Z-Pinch Plasma / K. Takasugi, S. Narisawa, H. Akiyama 131

Puff-Gas Z-Pinch Experiment on "Yang" Accelerator / J. Deng, L. Yang, Y. Gu, Z. Li, X. Huang, Z. Yang, N. Ding, C. Ning, B. Ding, X. Peng 135

Z-Pinch, X-Pinch, Focus and Capillary Discharge Plasma Dynamics and Devices

The X Pinch as a Point Source for Point-Projection X-Ray Radiography / T. A. Shelkovenko, S. A. Pikuz, D. B. Sinars, K. M. Chandler, M. D. Mitchell, D. A. Hammer 141

X Ray Emission From X Pinch Experiments on the Llampudken Generator / I. H. Mitchell, R. Aliaga-Rossel, J. A. Gomez, H. Chuaqui, M. Favre, E. S. Wyndham 145

Regimes of Energy Input in the Pseudospark Discharge in the Sources of EUV Radiation / Y. D. Korolev, O. B. Frants, V. G. Geyman, R. V. Ivashov, N. V. Landl, I. A. Shemyakin 149

Optical Observation of a Pseudospark Discharge Development in a Source of EUV Radiation / Y. D. Korolev, I. M. Datsko, O. B. Frants, V. G. Geyman, R. V. Ivashov, N. V. Landl, N. A. Ratachin, I. A. Shemyakin 153

Experimental Setup for Investigation of the Pseudospark Discharge as Applied to Generation of EUV Radiation / Y. D. Korolev, I. M. Datsko, O. B. Frants, V. G. Geyman, R. V. Ivashov, N. V. Landl, I. A. Shemyakin 157

Fast Capillary Discharge Experiments in a Small Device; Spectra in the VUV Region / L. Soto, A. Nazarenko, C. Pavez, P. Silva, J. Moreno, K. Aubel, T. Vucina 161

Soft X-Ray Radiation of Fast-Capillary-Disharge CAPEX 2 / J. Schmidt, K. Kolacek, V. Bohacek, M. Ripa, O. Frolov, P. Vrba, A. Jancarek, M. Vrbova 165

Plasma Dynamics and Lasing Condition of Fast Capillary Discharges / N. Sakamoto, G. Niimi, Y. Hayashi, M. Masnavi, M. Nakajima, E. Hotta, K. Horioka 169

X-Ray Spectroscopic Studies of X-Pinch Plasma Micropinches with [Similar] 10 ps Resolution / S. A. Pikuz, T. A. Shelkovenko, D. B. Sinars, I. Y. Skobelev, K. M. Chandler, M. D. Mitchell, D. A. Hammer 173

Spectroscopic Analysis of 1MA X-Pinch Implosions at the Nevada Terawatt Facility / A. S. Shlyaptseva, S. B. Hansen, V. L. Kantsyrev, D. A. Fedin, N. D. Ouart, K. B. Fournier, U. I. Safronova 177

X-Ray Wide-Band and Time-Resolved Imaging and Spectroscopic Characterization of Hot Spots and Jets in 0.9-1.0 MA X-Pinches / V. L. Kantsyrev, D. A. Fedin, A. S. Shlyaptseva, S. B. Hansen, N. D. Ouart 181

Analysis of Anisotropy of Spectra and Spatial Distribution of Hard X-Ray Emission from 0.9-1.0 MA High-Z X-Pinches / V. L. Kantsyrev, D. A. Fedin, A. S. Shlyaptseva, S. B. Hansen, D. Chamberlain, N. D. Ouart 185

Analysis of Time Evolution of Z-Pinch Lines Using an Advanced 5-Channel Spectrometer Polychromator / D. A. Fedin, V. L.

Kantsyrev, A. S. Shlyaptseva, S. B. Hansen, S. Fuelling 189

Emission Produced at Compression of Deuterium Current-Sheath with Wire in Plasma Focus Discharge / P. Kubes, J. Kravarik, D. Klir, M. Scholz, M. Paduch, K. Tomaszewski, I. Ivanova-Stanik, B. Bienkowska, L. Karpinski, L. Ryc, L. Juha, J. Krasa, M. J. Sadowski, L. Jakubowski, A. Szydlowski, A. Banaszak, H. Schmidt, V. M. Romanova 193

Energy Transformation in Z-Pinch and Plasma Focus Discharges with Wire and Wire-in-Liner Loads / P. Kubes, J. Kravarik, D. Klir, M. Scholz, M. Paduch, K. Tomaszewski, L. Karpinski, Y. L. Bakshaev, P. I. Blinov, A. S. Chernenko, S. A. Dan'ko, V. D. Korolev, A. Y. Shashkov, V. I. Tumanov 197

Multi-Wire Z Pinch Experiments / M. Hu, B. R. Kusse 201

Plasma Formation Around Single Wires / P. U. Duselis, B. R. Kusse 205

Investigation of the Initial Stage of Electrical Explosion of Fine Metal Wires / G. S. Sarkisov, S. E. Rosenthal, K. W. Struve, D. H. McDaniel, E. M. Waisman, P. V. Sasorov 209

Joule Energy Deposition in Exploding Wire Experiments / G. S. Sarkisov, S. E. Rosenthal, K. W. Struve, D. H. McDaniel, E. M. Waisman, P. V. Sasorov 213

Results of Experiment on Explosion of W and Al Wires in Water and Vacuum / A. G. Rousskikh, R. B. Baksht, V. I. Oreshkin, A. V. Shishlov 217

Wire Explosion with 0-1kA Per Wire / B. R. Kusse, M. Hu, K. M. Chandler, D. A. Hammer 221

Layering of an Annular Z-Pinch Sheath in the Presence of an Axial Magnetic Field / S. A. Chaikovsky, A. Y. Labetsky 225

Dense Transient Plasmas Driven by a Mega-Ampere Device in the Chilean Nuclear Energy Commission / L. Soto, W. Kies, G. Sylvester, G. Ziethen, M. Zambra, J. Moreno, P. Silva, L. Birstein, R. M. Munoz, R. Saavedra 229

Laser Initiated Hollow Gas-Embedded Z-Pinch / C. Pavez, H. Chuaqui, R. Aliaga-Rossel, M. Favre, I. Mitchell, E. Wyndham 233

Discharge Formation in Fast Pulsed Capillary Discharges / M. Favre, P. Choi, A. M. Lenero, F. Castillo, F. Susuki, H. Chuaqui, I. Mitchell, E. Wyndham 237

Experimental Observation in a High Current Capillary Discharge / E. Wyndham, H. Chuaqui, M. Favre, I. Mitchell, R. Aliaga-Rossel, P. Choi 241

Properties of Hot-Spots in Plasma Focus Discharges Operating in Hydrogen-Gas Mixtures / P. Silva, M. Favre 245

Energy Dissipation in the Run-Down Phase of Plasma Focus Discharge / M. A. M. Kashani, T. Miyamoto 249

Fusion, Neutron Production and Other Applications

X-Ray and Neutron Emission from PF-1000 Facility / M. Scholz, B. Bienkowska, I. Ivanova-Stanik, L. Karpinski, R. Miklaszewski, M. Paduch, K. Tomaszewski, E. Zielinska, M. J. Sadowski, L. Jakubowski, A. Szydlowski, A. Banaszak, H. Schmidt, P. Kubes, J. Kravarik, V. Romanova, S. Vitulli 255

Neutron Emission Characteristics of a High-Current Plasma Focus: Initial Studies / B. L. Freeman, J. C. Boydston, J. M. Ferguson, B. Lindeburg, A. D. Luginbill, J. C. Rock, T. E. Tutt, E. C. Hagen, L. Ziegler 261

A Very Small Plasma Focus Operating at Tens of Joules / L. Soto, P. Silva, J. Moreno, A. Clausse, W. Kies 265

Characteristics and Dynamics of a 215-eV Dynamic-Hohlraum X-Ray Source on Z / T. W. L. Sandford, D. L. Peterson, R. W. Lemke, R. C. Mock, G. A. Chandler, J. P. Chittenden, R. E. Chrien, G. C. Idzorek, R. J. Leeper, C. L. Ruiz, R. G. Watt 269

Direct Drive Inertial Confinement Fusion in a Z-Pinch Plasma / R. W. Clark, J. Davis, A. Velikovich, L. Rudakov, J. L. Giuliani, Jr. 275

The Inverse Z-Pinch as a Physics Test Bed, and a Possible Target Plasma for Magnetized Target Fusion (MTF) / I. Lindemuth, B. Bauer, S. Fuelling, R. Kirkpatrick, V. Makhin, R. Presura, P. Sheehey, R. Siemon 279

Ignition of Fusion Burn Wave by Nonthermal Plasma of Z-Pinch / V. V. Vikhrev 283

On Perspectives of Creation of High-Power Neutron Source at Deuterium Plasma Compression in Z-[Theta] Pinch Geometry / V. D. Selemir, A. V. Ivanovsky, A. P. Orlov, V. F. Yermolovich, G. V. Dolgoleva, V. A. Demidov, V. I. Karelin, P. B. Repin 287

The Production of Hypersonic, Radiatively Cooled Plasma Projectiles of Extremely High Energy Density in Imploding Z-Pinches / J. P. Chittenden, A. M. Dunne, M. Zepf, S. V. Lebedev, A. Ciardi, S. N. Bland 291

Fusion Criteria for Dense Cylindrical and Sheet Z-Pinches / T. Miyamoto 295

Considerations for Generating up to 10 Mbar Magnetic Drive Pressures with the Refurbished Z-Machine (ZR) / R. W. Lemke, M. D. Knudson, A. C. Robinson, T. A. Haill, K. W. Struve, T. A. Mehlhorn, J. R. Asay 299

3-D Modeling of Modifications to the Z Accelerator for Generating Shaped Pulses / T. D. Pointon, M. E. Savage, H. C. Harjes, III 305

The RT Instability in Cylindrical Implosion of a Jelly Ring / Y. Libing, L. Haidong, S. Chengwei, O. Kai, L. Jun, H. Xianbin 309

Phase Transitions in Metal under Fast Selfheating by High-Power Current Pulse / K. V. Khishchenko, S. I. Tkachenko, V. E. Fortov, P. R. Levashov, I. V. Lomonosov, V. S. Vorob'ev 313

Experiments with Radiatively Cooled Supersonic Plasma Jets Generated in Conical Wire Array Z-Pinches / S. V. Lebedev, D. J. Ampleford, S. N. Bland, J. P. Chittenden, A. Ciardi, N. Naz, M. G. Haines, A. Frank, E. Blackman, T. Gardiner 317

Deflection of Supersonic Plasma Jets by Ionised Hydrocarbon Targets / D. J. Ampleford, S. V. Lebedev, S. N. Bland, A. Ciardi, M. Sherlock, J. P. Chittenden, M. G. Haines 321

Plastic Deformation and Perforation of Metal Using Metallic Jet / P. Sarkar, S. Chaturvedi, A. Shyam, R. Kumar, D. Lathi, V. Chaudhari, R. Verma, J. Sonara, K. Shah, B. Adhikary 325

Anomalous Resistivity Change in NiFe[subscript 2]O[subscript 4] Nanosized Powders Synthesized by Pulsed Wire Discharge / H. Suematsu, K. Ishizaka, Y. Kinemuchi, T. Suzuki, W. Jiang, K. Yatsui 329

Reduction of Micrometer Size Al Particles in Nanosize AIN Powder Synthesized by Pulsed Wire Discharge / C. Cho, Y. Kinemuchi, H. Suematsu, W. Jiang, K. Yatsui 333

Theory and Modeling

Pitfalls in Radiation Modeling of Z-Pinch Plasmas / J. Davis, J. L. Giuliani, J. P. Apruzese, R. W. Clark, J. W. Thornhill, K. G. Whitney, A. Velikovich, Y. K. Chong, C. A. Coverdale, C. Deeney, P. D. LePell 339

Why do Wire-Array Z-Pinches Give Such a Sharp and Efficient X-Ray Pulse? / M. G. Haines, S. V. Lebedev, J. P. Chittenden, F. N. Beg, S. N. Bland, M. Sherlock 345

Calculated Evolution of Side-On and End-On X-Ray Images of Wire and Gas Puff Implosions on Z / J. P. Apruzese, J. W. Thornhill, C. Deeney, C. A. Coverdale, J. Davis, A. L. Velikovich, H. Sze, P. L. Coleman, B. H. Failor, J. S. Levine, K. G. Whitney 350

How 3D Effects Limit X-Ray Power in Wire Array Z-Pinches / J. P. Chittenden, S. V. Lebedev, M. E. Cuneo, C. A. Jennings, A. Ciardi 354

Modeling Enhanced Energy Coupling of Z-Pinches to Pulsed-Power Generators / K. G. Whitney, J. W. Thornhill, C. Deeney, C. A. Coverdale, J. P. Apruzese, J. Davis, A. L. Velikovich, L. I. Rudakov 358

Numerical Studies of Neon Gas-Puff Z-Pinch Dynamic Process / C. Ning, Z. Yang, N. Ding 364

Computational Assessment of the Effect of Nozzle Geometry on the Performance of Gas-Puff Plasma Radiation Sources / J. J. Watrous, M. H. Frese 368

Computational MHD on Lagrangian Grids / C. L. Rousculp, D. C. Barnes 372

Three Dimensional Resistive Wire Array Implosion Simulations Continued from Two Dimensional R-[Theta] Initiation Simulations / M. H. Frese, S. D. Frese 376

Recent Improvements to MACH2 and MACH3 for Fast Z-Pinch Modeling / S. D. Frese, M. H. Frese 380

Simulation of Electric Explosion of Metal Wires / V. I. Oreshkin, R. B. Baksht, A. G. Rousskikh, A. V. Shishlov, P. R. Levashov, I. V. Lomonosov, K. V. Khishchenko, I. V. Glazyrin 384

Improved Neon L-Shell Physics in MHD Modeling of Hawk Gas-Puff Z-Pinch Implosions / J. Schumer, D. Mosher, A. Starobinets, V. Fisher, Y. Maron 388

Cooperative Relaxation Methods for Multigroup Radiation Diffusion in Radiation Hydrodynamics / R. E. Terry, J. L. Giuliani, J. P. Apruzese 392

Hybrid Simulations of Current-Carrying Instabilities in Z-Pinch Plasmas with Sheared Axial Flow / V. I. Sotnikov, V. Makhin, B. S. Bauer, P. Hellinger, P. Travnicek, V. Fiala, J.-N. Leboeuf 396

A Comparison of Radiation Transport Models for a Ti Z Pinch / J. L. Giuliani, R. W. Clark, J. W. Thornhill, J. Davis 400

Z-Scaled K-Shell Dielectronic Recombination Rate Coefficients / A. Dasgupta, P. Kepple, J. Davis 404

A Kinetic Description of Ions in Aluminium Wire-Array Precursor Plasma / M. Sherlock, J. P. Chittenden, S. V. Lebedev, M. G. Haines 408

Theoretical Development of M-Shell Spectroscopy for Z-Pinch Plasma Diagnostics / A. S. Shlyaptseva, S. M. Hamasha, S. B. Hansen, N. D.

Ouart, U. I. Safronova 412

Modeling of Capillary Discharge Plasma for X-Ray Lasers, XUV Lithography and Other Applications / V. N. Shlyaptsev, J. Dunn, S. J. Moon, K. B. Fournier, A. L. Osterheld, J. J. Rocca, J. Filevich, M. Marconi, E. Jankowska, E. C. Hammarsten, S. Sakadzic, A. Rahman, M. Frati, F. G. Tomasel, N. Fornaciari, D. Buchenauer, H. A. Bender, S. Karim, M. Kanouff, J. Dimkoff, G. Kubiak, G. Shimkaveg, W. T. Silfvast 416

The Z-Pinch Structure Generation by the Evolution of the Nonquasineutral Electron Vortex / A. V. Gordeev, T. V. Losseva 420

On Stabilization of the Rayleigh-Taylor Instability for the Imploding Liner on Account of Ion-Ion Collisions / A. V. Gordeev 424

The Tentative Opinion of Modeling Plasma Formation in Metallic Wire Z-Pinch / N. Ding 428.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

073540108X

OCLC:

51331907