Long-implosion plasma radiation sources using "solid-fill" nozzles
Levine, J. S. ; Coleman, P. L. ; Failor, B. H. ; Riordan, J. C. ; Song, Y. ; Sze, H. M.
[S.l.] : American Institute of Physics (AIP)
Published 2001
[S.l.] : American Institute of Physics (AIP)
Published 2001
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1089-7674
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AIP Digital Archive
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Physics
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Solid-fill nozzles for long-implosion Z-pinch experiments to produce argon K-shell x rays (photon energy 〉3.1 keV) have been developed. With a 7 cm diam nozzle, which is appropriate for a 200 ns driver, stable implosions at 180 ns and 4 MA have produced peak argon K-shell yields exceeding 15 kJ. As previously seen with short (∼100 ns) implosion times, the K-shell yield scales as the fourth power of peak current, I4. Limited testing with a 10 cm nozzle, which is appropriate for a 〉250 ns driver, has also achieved a stable implosion. © 2001 American Institute of Physics.
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Electronic Resource
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