PINCH SPOT FORMATION IN HIGH ATOMIC NUMBER-Z DISCHARGES

被引:21
作者
MOSHER, D
COLOMBANT, D
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[1] Plasma Physics Division, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.68.2600
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
摘要
A nonlinear, quasi-two-dimensional model for pinch spot formation in radiation-dominated, high atomic number z pinches is presented that reproduces the experimental electrical and radiation characteristics. The high line-radiation rates of such discharges produce localized, high-density pinch spots in contrast to the spindle pinches predicted for hydrogenic discharges.
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