A laser-initiated, gas-embedded Z pinch: Experiment and computation
- 1 April 1981
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters
- Vol. 38 (7) , 522-524
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.92437
Abstract
Measurements done on a new plasma device, a laser initiated, gas‐embedded Z pinch, are compared with magnetohydro dynamics(MHD) calculations. The measurements, which include two‐foil x‐ray absorption, absolute continuum emission, and schlieren shadowgraphy, are in good agreement with predictions made by a two‐dimensional MHD calculation, which indicates that the peak electron temperature in the plasma is 200 eV and the peak electron density is 1×1020 cm−3.Keywords
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