The Magnetic Field Distribution of Single Exploding Wire Aluminum Plasmas

The exploding wires were driven by the 13 kA Low Current Pulser LCP3 at Cornell University, employing high-resolution time-gated emission spectroscopy at visible wavelengths to determine the plasma parameters as a function of radial position and time. The distribution of current through single exploding aluminum wires was determined through time resolved studies of the magnitude of the magnetic field as a function of position. To study the magnetic field we used the Zeeman Broadening technique developed at the Weizmann Institute of Science [1]. \\[4pt] [1] E. Stambulchik, \textit{et al.} Phys. Rev. Lett. \textbf{98}, 225001 (2007).