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Dense plasma focus production in a hypocycloidal pinch
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Hohl, F. Lee, J. H. McFarland, D. R. |
| Copyright Year | 1975 |
| Description | A type of high-power pinch apparatus consisting of disk electrodes was developed, and diagnostic measurements to study its mechanism of dense plasma production were made. The collapse fronts of the current sheets are well organized, and dense plasma focuses are produced on the axis with radial stability in excess of 5 microns. A plasma density greater than 10 to the 18th power/cubic cm was determined with Stark broadening and CO2 laser absorption. A plasma temperature of approximately 1 keV was measured with differential transmission of soft X-rays through thin foils. Essentially complete absorption of a high-energy CO2 laser beam was observed. The advantages of this apparatus over the coaxial plasma focus are in (1) the plasma volume, (2) the stability, (3) the containment time, (4) the easy access to additional heating by laser or electron beams, and (5) the possibility of scaling up to a multiple array for high-power operation. |
| File Size | 2072075 |
| Page Count | 45 |
| File Format | |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19760007844 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t2d843n22 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1975-12-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Plasma Physics Thermonuclear Reactions Plasma Pinch X Ray Spectra Plasma Density Plasma Temperature Dense Plasmas Plasma Control Carbon Dioxide Lasers Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Technical Report |
