Dense Z-Pinches: Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Dense Z-Pinches

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Author/Creator:

Kusse, Bruce R, Author.

Contributor:

Hammer, David A, Contributor.

Conference Name:

International Conference on Dense Z-Pinches

International Conference on Dense Z-Pinches, contributor.

Series:

AIP conference proceedings ; 1088.

AIP conference proceedings ; 1088

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pinch effect (Physics)--Congresses.

Pinch effect (Physics).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xv, 270 pages) : illustrations.

Other Title:

DENSE Z‐PINCHES

Dense Z‐Pinches: Proceedings Of The 7Th International Conference On Dense Z‐Pinches, Volume 1088

Dense Z‐Pinches

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] American Institute of Physics 2009

Language Note:

English

Summary:

An International Conference that presents subjects such as wire array z-pinch geometries, gas puff experiments, plasma focus experiments, capillary and single channel discharges, astrophysics, advances in pulsed power drivers and various techniques for diagnosing high energy density plasmas.

Contents:

Preface

History

Committees

WIRE ARRAY Z-PINCHES: STANDARD CYLINDRICAL

Magneto-Hydrodynamic Modeling in the Design and Interpretation of Wire Array Z-Pinches

3(6)

J. P. Chittenden

N. P. Niasse

C. A. Jennings

Status on Multi-Microsecond Prepulse Technique on Sphinx Machine Going from Nested to Single Wire Array for 800 ns Implosion Time Z-Pinch

9(6)

P. Maury

H. Calamy

J. Grunenwald

F. Lassalle

F. Zucchini

A. Loyen

A. Georges

A. Morell

J. P. Bedoch

2D Radiation MHD K-Shell Modeling of Single Wire Array Stainless Steel Experiments on the Z Machine

15(6)

J. W. Thornhill

J. L. Giuliani

J. P. Apruzese

Y. K. Chong

J. Davis

A. Dasgupta

K. G. Whitney

R. W. Clark

B. Jones

C. A. Coverdale

D. J. Ampleford

M. E. Cuneo

C. Deeney

α Heating in a Stagnated Z-Pinch

21(4)

B. Appelbe

J. Chittenden

Effect of Current Rise-Time on the Formation of Precursor Structures and Mass Ablation Rate in Cylindrical Wire Array Z-Pinches

25(4)

S. C. Bott

D. M. Haas

Y. Eshaq

U. Ueda

F. N. Beg

D. A. Hammer

B. Kusse

J. Greenly

T. A. Shelkovenko

S. A. Pikuz

I. C. Blesener

R. D. McBride

J. D. Douglass

K. Bell

P. Knapp

S. V. Lebedev

S. N. Bland

G. N. Hall

F. A. Suzuki

A. Marocchino

A. Harvey-Thomson

Soldered Contact and Current Risetime Effects on Negative Polarity Wire Array Z-Pinches

29(4)

D. A. Chalenski

B. R. Kusse

J. B. Greenly

P. F. Knapp

Spatially Resolved Synthetic Spectra from 2D Simulations of Stainless Steel Wire Array Implosions

33(4)

Impact of Dielectronic Recombination on Ionization Dynamics and Spectroscopy of Z-Pinch Stainless Steel Plasma

37(4)

Radiation Hydrodynamics of Stainless Steel Wire Arrays on the Z Accelerator

41(4)

J. Giuliani

K. Whitney

D. Lepell

Application of the Wire Ablation Dynamics Model to the Design and Optimization of Wire Array Loads of Complex Geometry

45(4)

A. A. Esaulov

V. L. Kantsyrev

A. S. Safronova

K. M. Williamson

I. Shrestha

G. C. Osborne

ID Scaling with Ablation for K-Shell Radiation from Stainless Steel Wire Arrays

49(4)

M. Cuneo

The Role of Flux Advection in the Development of the Ablation Streams and Precursors of Wire Array Z-Pinches

53(4)

M. Martin

I. Blesener

D. Chalenski

R. McBride

Viscous Heating at Stagnation in Z-Pinches

57(4)

M. G. Haines

Development of the Axial Instability in Low Wire Number Wire Array Z-Pinches

61(4)

K. S. Bell

M. R. Martin

Analysis of Compact Cylindrical Wire Array Implosions with Brass and also by Alternating Brass and Al Wires on the 1-MA COBRA Generator

65(4)

N. D. Ouart

M. F. Yilmaz

M. E. Weller

Studies of Hot Spots in Imploding Wire Arrays at 1 MA on COBRA

69(4)

Magnetic Field Measurements in Wire-Array Z-Pinches Using Magneto-Optically Active Waveguides

73(4)

W. Syed

M. Lipson

Modeling of K-Shell Al and Mg and L-Shell Mo Radiation from Compact Cylindrical Wire Array Plasmas Produced on the 1 MA UNR Zebra Generator

77(6)

WIRE ARRAY Z-PINCHES: OTHER CONFIGURATIONS

Astrophysical Jets with Conical Wire Arrays: Radiative Cooling, Rotation and Deflection

83(6)

A. Ciardic

F. Suzuki-Vidal

J. B. A. Palmer

Modifying Wire Array Z-Pinch Ablation Structure and Implosion Dynamics Using Coiled Arrays

89(6)

F. A. Suzuki-Vidal

G. F. Swadling

N. Niasse

T. Blanchard

H. Wilhelm

Experimental Study of Star-Like and Small Diameter Wire-Array Z-Pinches on the 1-MA Zebra Generator

95(6)

V. V. Ivanov

V. I. Sotnikov

J. M. Kindel

A. P. Shevelko

P. Hakel

R. C. Mancini

A. L. Astanovitskiy

A. Haboub

S. D. Altemara

E. D. Kazakov

B. Le Galloudec

V. Nalajala

UV Laser Diagnostics of the 1-MA Z-Pinch Plasmas

101(4)

Quantitative Analysis of Plasma Ablation Using Inverse Wire Array Z-Pinches

105(4)

A. J. Harvey-Thompson

C. Ning

Planar Wire Array Dynamics and Radiation Scaling at Multi-MA Levels on the Saturn Pulsed Power Generator

109(4)

E. M. Waisman

R. A. Vesey

M. C. Jones

A. S. Chuvatin

L. I. Rudakov

Physics of Multi-Planar and Compact Cylindrical Wire Arrays Implosions on University-Scale Z-Pinch Generators

113(4)

P. G. Wilcox

V. V. Shlyaptseva

I. C. Blessener

MHRDRing Z-Pinches and Related Geometries: Four Decades of Computational Modeling Using Still Unconventional Methods

117(4)

I. R. Lindemuth

Analysis of Conical Wire Array Z-Pinch Stability with a Center Wire

121(4)

D. Martinez

R. Presura

S. Wright

C. Plechaty

S. Neff

L. Wanex

3D MHD Simulations of Radial Wire Array Z-Pinches

125(4)

Effect of an Axial Wire on Conical Wire Array Z-Pinch Radiation

129(4)

Radiative Properties of Implosions of Stainless Steel Wire Arrays with Application to Astrophysics

133(4)

N. D. Quart

U. I. Safronova

Effect of the Initial Load Parameters on the K-Shell Output of Al Planar Wire Arrays Operating in the Microsecond Implosion Regime

137(4)

A. Shishlov

S. Chaikovsky

A. Fedunin

F. Fursov

V. Kokshenev

N. Kurmaev

A. Labetsky

V. Oreshkin

A. Rousskikh

N. Labetskaya

Scaling of Radiation Parameters of Planar and Compact Cylindrical Wire Arrays at the 1MA Zebra Generator

141(6)

V. Shlyaptseva

X-PINCH EXPERIMENTS

Transport and Measurements of High-Current Electron Beams from X Pinches

147(4)

A. V. Agafonov

A. R. Mingaleev

V. M. Romanova

V. P. Tarakanov

D. A.

Hammer

Study of the Multiwire X-Pinch as a Load for Mega-Ampere-Range Pulsed Power Generators

151(4)

Yu. Kalinin

S. Ananev

Yu. Bakshaev

P. Blinov

V. Bryzgunov

A. Chernenko

S. Danko

E. Kazakov

A. Kingsep

V. Korolev

V. Mizhiritsky

S. Pikuz

T. Shelkovenko

V. Smirnov

S. Tkachenko

A. Zelenin

Nested X Pinches on the COBRA Generator

155(6)

D. B. Sinars

SINGLE CHANNEL DISCHARGES AND EXPLODING WIRES

Optical Spectroscopy Experiments on the 500 kA XP Pulsed-Power Generator

161(3)

Y. Maron

Exploding Wire in Water as a Potential Source of Amplified EUV-Radiation

164(4)

K. Kolacek

V. Prukner

J. Schmidt

J. Straus

O. Frolov

P. Hoffer

Lasing in Ne-Like Argon Capillary Discharge at Low Current and the Effect of Current Prepulse

168(4)

K. H. Kwek

C. A. Tan

Pinch Experiments in a Table Top Generator

172(4)

C. Pavez

A. Tarifeno

J. Moreno

L. Soto

Development of a Discharge Channel upon Electric Explosion of a Wire in Interrupted and Uninterrupted-Current Regimes

176(4)

V. Romanova

A. Mingaleev

A. Agafonov

A. Ter-Oganesyan

Distribution of Dense and Current-Conducting Matter in the Discharge Channel upon Electrical Explosion of Wires in Vacuum

180(4)

Charge Exchange and Ablation Rates of a Titanium Wire Plasma Corona

184(4)

R. E. Terry

Development of Extreme Ultraviolet Radiation Source Using Laser Triggered Vacuum Spark Discharge Plasma

188(7)

M. Watanabe

J. Yamada

Q. Zhu

E. Hotta

DENSE PLASMA FOCUS

Controlling the Neutron Yield from a Small Dense Plasma Focus Using Deuterium-Inert Gas Mixtures

195(4)

B. L. Bures

M. Krishnan

Estimation of the Energy Transferred from the Capacitor Bank to the Plasma in Plasma Focus System

199(4)

M. Cardenas

Theory of Electron Current Filamentation Instability and Ion Density Filamentation in the Early Development of a DPF Discharge

203(4)

J. Guillory

D. V. Rose

E. J. Lerner

Neutron Production and Fast Deuteron Characteristics at the Plasma Focus Discharge

207(4)

P. Kubes

J. Kravarik

D. Klir

K. Rezac

M. Scholz

M. Paduch

I. Ivanova-Stanik

L. Karpinski

K. Tomaszewski

Reconstruction of Time-Resolved Neutron Energy Spectra in Z-Pinch Experiments Using Time-of-Flight Method

211(4)

Preliminary Studies of Ions Emission in a Small Plasma Focus Device of Hundreds of Joules

215(4)

P. Reymond

N. Verschueren

P. Ariza

Nanofocus of Tenth of Joules and a Portable Plasma Focus of Few Joules for Field Applications

219(4)

J. Pedreros

L. Altamirano

Scaling, Stability, and Fusion Mechanisms: Studies Using Plasma Focus Devices from Tens of Kilojoules to Tenth of Joules

223(4)

Dynamics and Density Measurements in a Small Plasma Focus of Tens of Joules

227(6)

Overview of 12-cm-Diameter, Argon Gas-Puff Experiments and Analyses with > 200-ns Implosion Times at 3- to 6-MA Peak Currents

233(6)

R. J. Commisso

S. L. Jackson

D. Mosher

D. P. Murphy

A. L. Velikovch

B. V. Webber

F. C. Young

J. S. Levine

B. H. Failor

H. Sze

N. Qi

J. W. Banister

P. L. Coleman

K. Wilson

Properties of the Best Ar K-Shell Radiators: Two Decades of Data Analysis from Seven Z-Pinch Drivers

239(4)

B. V. Weber

Deuteron Acceleration and Fusion Neutron Production in Z-Pinch Plasmas

243(4)

S. S. Ananeev

Yu. L. Bakshaev

P. I. Blinov

A. S. Chernenko

V. D. Korolev

G. I. Ustroev

First Argon Gas Puff Experiments with 500 ns Implosion Time on Sphinx Driver

247(6)

J.-P. Bedoch

S. Ritter

P. Combes

O. Smaniotto

R. Lample

PULSED POWER TECHNOLOGY

Design and Testing of a Load Current Multiplier on Zebra Facility

253(6)

W. Cline

M. Weller

T. Jarrett

B. LeGalloudec

T. D. Pointon

K. A. Mikkelson

MAIZE: A 1 MA LTD-Driven Z-Pinch at the University of Michigan

259(4)

R. M. Gilgenbach

M. R. Gomez

J. C. Zier

W. W. Tang

D. M. French

Y. Y. Lau

M. G. Mazarakis

M. D. Johnston

B. V. Oliver

T. A. Mehlhorn

A. A. Kim

V. A. Sinebryukhov

Electromagnetic Wave Propagation through the ZR Z-Pinch Accelerator

263(4)

D. R. Welch

E. A. Madrid

C. L. Miller

R. E. Clark

W. A. Stygar

K. Struve

P. A. Corcoran

B. Whitney

Author Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

ISBN:

0-7354-0620-0