Schlieren Measurements of a High Density Z-Pinch
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- 1 November 1976
- journal article
- Published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH in Zeitschrift für Naturforschung A
- Vol. 31 (11) , 1318-1323
- https://doi.org/10.1515/zna-1976-1109
Abstract
The dense plasma phase of a dynamic z-pinch working at a high filling pressure is studied. By using the Schlieren-technique it is found that the compressed plasma column, though macroscopically stable for times less than 1 μs develops quickly from a homogeneous state to a turbulent one with a perturbation scale length of typically some millimeters. Quantitative measurements of light deflection give electron densities of typically 1019 cm-3 at 0.25 Torr He filling.Keywords
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