Power limits for dynamical pinch discharges
- 1 November 1986
- journal article
- Published by IOP Publishing in Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion
- Vol. 28 (11) , 1645-1657
- https://doi.org/10.1088/0741-3335/28/11/003
Abstract
Discharge initiation and sheath formation are serious problems of high current (several MA) dynamical pinches because of the enormous power input. The fast 300 kV plasma focus SPEED 2 allowed studying the discharge behaviour in a wide range of power input (10-100 GW) previously not accessible. The main results are: (i) high power input causes fast sheath formation (<100 ns); (ii) there is an upper sheath energy density limit (100 keV) photons with which the insulator surface is irradiated during discharge initiation and sheath formation or using insulators with coppered surface.Keywords
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