Cylindrical Liner Z-pinches as Drivers for Converging Strong Shock Experiments

• Main Author: Burdiak, Guy C. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Series: Springer Theses, Recognizing Outstanding Ph.D. Research,
• Subjects: Physics.; Astrophysics.; Nuclear fusion.; Plasma (Ionized gases).; Electric power production.; Plasma Physics.; Nuclear Fusion.; Astrophysics and Astroparticles.; Energy Technology.

The thesis describes the development of an entirely new experimental platform for generating and studying converging radiative shock waves. It was discovered that the application of large magnetic pressures to gas-filled cylindrical metallic tubes could sequentially produce three shocks within the g...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• The MAGPIE Generator and Diagnostics
• Plasma Formation and Ablation Dynamics in Thin-Foil Liners
• The Interaction of Ablation from a Thin-Foil Liner with a Gas-Fill
• Production and Evolution of Multiple Converging Radiative Shocks
• Development of a Vacuum Resistive Voltage Divider
• Conclusions and Future Work.