Operating Regions of a Gas-Puff Z-Pinch and Its X-Ray Radiation
- 1 June 1992
- journal article
- Published by IOP Publishing in Japanese Journal of Applied Physics
- Vol. 31 (6R)
- https://doi.org/10.1143/jjap.31.1874
Abstract
A z-pinch experiment is carried out with a hollow-shaped Ar gas puff. Three types of discharge are found depending on the delay time of discharge from gas-puff detection, and the pinch time is compared with the measured gas pressure profile. Strong X-ray radiation is emitted from spots, a cloud and the anode surface. The number of spikes in the X-ray signal is correlated with spot images of the X-ray photograph. An X-ray burst is sometimes observed in the short-delay-time operation.Keywords
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