Plasma formation and implosion structure in wire array Z pinches

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Chittenden, JP [1 ]
Lebedev, SV [1 ]
Bell, AR [1 ]
Aliaga-Rossel, R [1 ]
Bland, SN [1 ]
Haines, MG [1 ]
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[1] Univ London Imperial Coll Sci Technol & Med, Blackett Lab, London SW7 2BZ, England
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.83.100
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
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The transformation of a cylindrical array of metallic wires into an imploding Z-pinch plasma is described using a 2D resistive magnetohydrodynamics code. The persistence of unionized wire cores dominates the collapse structure. Low-density coronal plasma is swept around the wire cores generating radial plasma streams which reach the axis forming a precursor plasma at roughly half the implosion time. The final stagnation comprises high-density plasma streams impacting onto this precursor. Azimuthal modulation of the plasma is retained throughout. The code accurately reproduces a number of features of experiments with 1 MA currents and predicts qualitatively similar results for higher currents.
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