# IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

## Volume 36 Issue 1  Part 1 • Feb. 2008

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• ### IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science publication information

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• ### Special Issue on Megagauss Magnetic Fields: Production and Application

Publication Year: 2008, Page(s):2 - 3
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• ### Analysis of the Liner Stability in Various Experiments

Publication Year: 2008, Page(s):4 - 9
Cited by:  Papers (16)
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The main problem occurring at cylindrical liner acceleration by azimuthal magnetic field is its motion distortion caused by the combination of Rayleigh-Taylor and sausage instabilities, which, in principle, can lead to a complete liner destruction. The strength of the material can inhibit the development of such instabilities; however, as far as the melted liner-section thickness increases due to ... View full abstract»

• ### Deconvolving Current From a Faraday Rotation Measurement

Publication Year: 2008, Page(s):10 - 16
Cited by:  Papers (1)
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In this paper, a unique software program is reported, which automatically decodes the Faraday rotation signal into a time-dependent current representation. System parameters such as the Faraday fiber's Verdet constant and the number of loops in the sensor are the only user-interface inputs. The central aspect of the algorithm utilizes a short-time Fourier transform, which reveals much of the Farad... View full abstract»

• ### Megagauss Magnetic Fields for Magnetized Laser-Plasma Experiments

Publication Year: 2008, Page(s):17 - 21
Cited by:  Papers (7)  |  Patents (2)
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At the Nevada Terawatt Facility, experiments are developed to investigate matter in extreme conditions, which is created by the interaction of intense laser-produced plasma with a strong magnetic field. A fast-pulsed-power generator, Zebra, is used to drive coils with megaampere current pulses. Two coil geometries were investigated: two-turn helical coils and horseshoe coils. Finite-element modeli... View full abstract»

• ### Overview of the Dynamic Hohlraum X-Ray Source at Sandia National Laboratories

Publication Year: 2008, Page(s):22 - 36
Cited by:  Papers (6)
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Progress in understanding the physics of dynamic hohlraums is reviewed for a system that is capable of generating 10 TW of axial radiation for high-temperature ( 200 eV) radiation-flow experiments and inertial confinement fusion capsule implosions. Two-dimensional magneto-hydrodynamic simulation comparisons with data show the need to include wire initiation physics and subsequent discrete-wire dyn... View full abstract»

• ### Sensitivity of$m = 0$Instability to Different Resistivity Models

Publication Year: 2008, Page(s):37 - 43
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Instabilities can affect the quality of flux compression and other high-current experiments. The modeling of such experiments involves a number of numerical difficulties. One such difficulty is the selection of proper material property models. This paper investigates the effect of different electrical resistivity models on the development of the m = 0 instability in a single cylindrical conductor ... View full abstract»

• ### High Voltage Charging of a Capacitor Bank

Publication Year: 2008, Page(s):44 - 51
Cited by:  Papers (13)  |  Patents (2)
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We have demonstrated the feasibility of charging a capacitor bank to a high voltage using an autonomous ultra-compact explosively driven source of prime power. The prime power source is a longitudinally driven shock wave depolarization of a ferroelectric ceramic. The energy-carrying elements of the shock wave ferroelectric generators (FEGs) were poled Pb(Zr<sub>52</sub>Ti<sub>48&... View full abstract»

• ### Imploding Liner Compression of Plasma: Concepts and Issues

Publication Year: 2008, Page(s):52 - 61
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Several plasma targets have been proposed for compression by imploding liners, ranging from magnetically-confined to wall-supported concepts. In all cases, a critical issue remains one of preventing the high atomic-number material of the liner from penetrating the plasma and countering the gain in plasma temperature sought by compression. Two factors foster development of such deleterious penetrat... View full abstract»

• ### A Zebra Experiment to Study Plasma Formation by Megagauss Fields

Publication Year: 2008, Page(s):62 - 69
Cited by:  Papers (15)
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An alternative concept for fusion energy production is magnetized target fusion using metal liners to compress a mixture of magnetic flux and plasma fuel. In liner flux compression experiments, megagauss fields are produced at peak compression that heats the surfaces of aluminum walls of the liner cavity. Some radiation magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) modeling indicates that plasma formation should occu... View full abstract»

• ### Calculation of Accurate Resistance and Inductance for Complex Magnetic Coils Using the Finite-Difference Time-Domain Technique for Electromagnetics

Publication Year: 2008, Page(s):70 - 79
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A finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) method for electromagnetics, which is adapted for magnetic-field diffusion problems, has been applied for accurate calculation of the resistance and inductance of arbitrarily wound helical coils of interest in magnetic flux-compression systems. These simulations have been performed using a locally developed 3-D variable-mesh FDTD code. The resistance calculat... View full abstract»

• ### Experimental and Computational Progress on Liner Implosions for Compression of FRCs

Publication Year: 2008, Page(s):80 - 91
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Magnetized target fusion (MTF) is a means to compress plasmas to fusion conditions that uses magnetic fields to greatly reduce electron thermal conduction, thereby greatly reducing compression power density requirements. The compression is achieved by imploding the boundary, a metal shell. This effort pursues formation of the field-reversed configuration (FRC) type of magnetized plasma, and implos... View full abstract»

• ### Preparation and Liner Compression of Plasma From an Ultrahigh Speed Flow

Publication Year: 2008, Page(s):92 - 103
Cited by:  Papers (6)
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Preparation of the target plasma represents a critical issue in liner compression techniques to achieve fusion conditions. We consider the use of an ultrahigh speed plasma flow from a special coaxial-gun arrangement known as the plasma flow switch. Experiments have demonstrated that this arrangement can provide plasma flows with speeds in excess of 2000 km/s. Stagnation of such a plasma flow resul... View full abstract»

• ### Results and Prospects of Material Strength Studies on Electrophysical Facilities Based on Perturbation Growth in Liner Systems

Publication Year: 2008, Page(s):104 - 111
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Data are presented describing refined simulations of perturbation growth in a three-layer cylindrical liner system tested with disk explosive magnetic flux compression generators (DEMGs) to study the strength properties of copper and polyethylene at shocklessly applied pressures of up to ~15 GPa. The calculated performance for the same liner system in the experiments to study the strength properti... View full abstract»

• ### Pulsed-Power Hydrodynamics: An Application of Pulsed-Power and High Magnetic Fields to the Exploration of Material Properties and Problems in Experimental Hydrodynamics

Publication Year: 2008, Page(s):112 - 124
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Pulsed-power hydrodynamics (PPH) is an evolving application of low-impedance pulsed-power technology. PPH is particularly useful for the study of problems in advanced hydrodynamics, instabilities, turbulence, and material properties. PPH techniques provide a precisely characterized controllable environment at the currently achievable extremes of pressure and material velocity. The Atlas facility, ... View full abstract»

• ### IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science Information for authors

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