X-ray generation from a gas-puff z-pinch driven by a pulsed power generator with a self-crowbar switch
- 1 August 1993
- journal article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Review of Scientific Instruments
- Vol. 64 (8) , 2403-2404
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1143896
Abstract
A self-crowbar switch was operated on the pulsed power generator LIMAY-I and applied to a gas-puff z-pinch load. The radial collapse of the plasma is demonstrated to occur with the aid of the self-crowbar switch after the applied power pulse has turned off. X-ray emission was observed to coincide with radial collapse of the plasma, and the pinched plasma was visually observed by an x-ray pinhole photograph. The x-ray intensity increased with decrease of the puffed gas density.Keywords
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