Z-pinches, X-pinches, and Dense Plasma Focus

Presentations

• Structure of Imploding Plasma in Coiled Wire Arrays

  ORAL

  Nov. 3, 2009, 9:30 AM – Nov. 3, 2009, 9:42 AM

  Authors

  • Gareth Hall

    • Imperial College London
    • Imperial College

  • Sergey Lebedev

  • Simon Bland

  • Jeremy Chittenden

  • James Palmer

  • Francisco Suzuki-Vidal

  • Adam Harvey-Thompson

  • George Swadling

  • Guy Burdiak

  • Louisa Pickworth

  • Nicolas Niasse

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• Measurement of Linear Magneto-Rayleigh-Taylor Instability Growth in Solid Liners

  ORAL

  Nov. 3, 2009, 9:42 AM – Nov. 3, 2009, 9:54 AM

  Authors

  • Daniel Sinars

    • Sandia National Laboratories

  • Steve Slutz

    • Sandia National Laboratories

  • Mark Herrmann

    • Sandia National Laboratories

  • Kyle Peterson

    • Sandia National Laboratories

  • Roger Vesey

    • Sandia National Laboratories

  • Brent Blue

    • General Atomics

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• Three dimensional simulations of DT fuel compression by an imploding Z-pinch liner

  ORAL

  Nov. 3, 2009, 9:54 AM – Nov. 3, 2009, 10:06 AM

  Authors

  • J.P. Chittenden

    • Imperial College

  • B. Appelbe

  • S.A. Slutz

    • Sandia National Laboratory

  • R.A. Vesey

  • K. Peterson

  • D.B. Sinars

  • M.E. Cuneo

  • M.C. Herrmann

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• Nonlinear Rayleigh-Taylor instabilities in fast z-pinches

  ORAL

  Nov. 3, 2009, 10:06 AM – Nov. 3, 2009, 10:18 AM

  Authors

  • Aaron Miles

    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

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• Modifying implosion dynamics of a wire array by using an inverse wire array z-pinch as a current switch

  ORAL

  Nov. 3, 2009, 10:18 AM – Nov. 3, 2009, 10:30 AM

  Authors

  • Sergey Lebedev

    • Imperial College London

  • A. Harvey-Thomson

  • G.N. Hall

  • S.N. Bland

  • G. Burdiak

  • F.A. Suzuki-Vidal

  • G. Swadling

  • E. Khoory

  • J.P. Chittenden

  • L. Pickworth

    • Imperial College

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• Influence of ion temperature gradient effects on magnetic-curvature-driven flute instability

  ORAL

  Nov. 3, 2009, 10:30 AM – Nov. 3, 2009, 10:42 AM

  Authors

  • V.I. Sotnikov

  • J.M. Kindel

  • O.G. Onishchenko

  • E. Yasin

    • University of Nevada at Reno, NV 89557, USA

  • J.N. Leboeuf

    • JNL Scientific, Casa Grande, AZ 85294, USA

  • B.V. Oliver

  • T.A. Mehlhorn

    • Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM 87123, USA

  • C. Deeney

    • Department of Energy, Washington, DC 20585, USA

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• Polarity Contact and Risetime Effects on Wire Array Z-Pinches

  ORAL

  Nov. 3, 2009, 10:42 AM – Nov. 3, 2009, 10:54 AM

  Authors

  • David Chalenski

    • Laboratory of Plasma Studies, Cornell University
    • Cornell University
    • Cornell University Lab of Plasma Studies

  • Bruce Kusse

    • Cornell University
    • Cornell University Lab of Plasma Studies

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• Precursor focusing by conical electrodes inside wire array Z-pinches

  ORAL

  Nov. 3, 2009, 10:54 AM – Nov. 3, 2009, 11:06 AM

  Authors

  • J.B. Greenly

    • Laboratory of Plasma Studies, Cornell University
    • Cornell University

  • David Chalenski

    • Laboratory of Plasma Studies, Cornell University
    • Cornell University
    • Cornell University Lab of Plasma Studies

  • P.F. Knapp

    • Laboratory of Plasma Studies, Cornell University
    • Cornell University

  • T.A. Shelkovenko

    • Laboratory of Plasma Studies, Cornell University
    • Cornell University

  • S.A. Pikuz

    • Laboratory of Plasma Studies, Cornell University
    • Cornell University

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• High energy density plasma experiments using radial foils

  ORAL

  Nov. 3, 2009, 11:06 AM – Nov. 3, 2009, 11:18 AM

  Authors

  • P.-A. Gourdain

  • I.C. Blesener

  • J.B. Greenly

  • D.A. Hammer

  • P.F. Knapp

  • B.R. Kusse

  • P.C. Schrafel

    • Cornell University

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• Recent Developments and Future Research at the Nevada Terawatt Facility

  ORAL

  Nov. 3, 2009, 11:18 AM – Nov. 3, 2009, 11:30 AM

  Authors

  • Joseph Kindel

    • Nevada Terawatt Facility, University of Nevada, Reno, NV 89557 USA

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• Multi-Planar Wire Array Precursor Formation on the 1MA Zebra Generator

  ORAL

  Nov. 3, 2009, 11:30 AM – Nov. 3, 2009, 11:42 AM

  Authors

  • Kenneth Williamson

    • University of Nevada, Reno

  • Victor Kantsyrev

    • University of Nevada, Reno

  • Andre Esaulov

    • UNR
    • University of Nevada, Reno

  • Alla Safronova

    • University of Nevada, Reno

  • Ishor Shrestha

    • University of Nevada, Reno

  • Glenn Osborne

    • University of Nevada, Reno

  • Michael Weller

    • University of Nevada, Reno

  • Veronica Shlyaptseva

    • University of Nevada, Reno

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• Z-pinch stability in the presence of an axial flow

  ORAL

  Nov. 3, 2009, 11:42 AM – Nov. 3, 2009, 11:54 AM

  Authors

  • R. Presura

    • University of Nevada, Reno

  • D. Martinez

  • S. Stein

  • C. Plechaty

  • S. Neff

    • Nevada Terawatt Facility, University of Nevada, Reno, NV 89506

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• Impact of load geometry on plasma formation and radiative properties of Z-pinches at stagnation

  ORAL

  Nov. 3, 2009, 11:54 AM – Nov. 3, 2009, 12:06 PM

  Authors

  • V.L. Kantsyrev

    • UNR

  • A.S. Safronova

    • UNR

  • Andre Esaulov

    • UNR
    • University of Nevada, Reno

  • A.L. Velikovich

    • NRL
    • Plasma Physics Division, NRL, USA
    • Plasma Physics Division, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC 20375, USA

  • L.I. Rudakov

    • Icarus Inc.

  • A.S. Chuvatin

    • Ecole Politechnique

  • Kenneth Williamson

    • University of Nevada, Reno

  • M.F. Yilmaz

    • UNR

  • G.C. Osborne

    • UNR

  • M.E. Weller

    • UNR

  • I. Shrestha

    • University of Nevada, Reno

  • V.V. Shlyaptseva

    • UNR

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• A Low Voltage, High Current Dense Plasma Focus using an Impedance Transformer

  ORAL

  Nov. 3, 2009, 12:06 PM – Nov. 3, 2009, 12:18 PM

  Authors

  • Brian Bures

    • Alameda Applied Sciences Corp

  • Mahadevan Krishnan

    • Alameda Applied Sciences Corp

  • Kristi Wilson-Elliot

    • Alameda Applied Sciences Corp

  • Robert Madden

    • Alameda Applied Sciences Corp

  • Florian Blobner

    • Alameda Applied Sciences Corp

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• Deuterium Gas-Puff Experiments on the S-300 Z-pinch

  ORAL

  Nov. 3, 2009, 12:18 PM – Nov. 3, 2009, 12:30 PM

  Authors

  • Daniel Klir

    • FEE CTU in Prague

  • Jozef Kravarik

    • FEE CTU in Prague

  • Pavel Kubes

    • FEE CTU in Prague

  • Karel Rezac

    • FEE CTU in Prague

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