Electromagnetic implosions of cylindrical gas ’’shells’’
- 1 November 1981
- journal article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Journal of Applied Physics
- Vol. 52 (11) , 6550-6561
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.328672
Abstract
Electromagnetic implosions of 20-cm radius, 2-cm tall, few centimeter thick gas ’’shells’’ using a 2-MA, 80-kV, 0.8-μsec capacitor bank have been conducted. Implosion velocities ≳100 cm/μsec and implosion kinetic energies as high as ∼12 kJ, which is ∼17% of the 70-kJ stored energy in the capacitor bank, have been achieved. Photon yields ≳ 1 kJ above 150 eV and neutron yields ∼107 have been obtained. Gas injection and preionization, current and voltage data, and fast photography data are discussed. Comparison with higher energy foil implosion experiments is briefly discussed.This publication has 9 references indexed in Scilit:
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