Temporal distribution of linear densities of the plasma column in a plasma focus discharge

• Authors: Balzhima Cikhardtova , Pavel Kubeš , Jakub Cikhardt , Marian Paduch , Ewa Zielinska , Josef Kravárik , Karel Řezáč , Jiři Kortanek , Ondřej Šíla
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Experiments were carried out on the PF-1000 plasma focus device, with a deuterium filling and with deuterium puffing from a gas-puff nozzle placed on the axis of the anode face. The current was reaching 2 MA. 15 interferometric frames from one shot were recorded with a Nd:YLF laser and a Mach–Zehnder interferometer, with 10–20 ns delay between the frames. As a result, the temporal and spatial distribution of the linear densities and the radial and axial velocities of the moving of plasma in the dense plasma column could be estimated.

Keywords

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plasma focus (PF); plasma pinch; plasma diagnostics

• Publisher: De Gruyter Open
• Journal: Nukleonika
• Year: 2015
• Volume: 60
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 315-318

Dates

published

1 - 6 - 2015

accepted

18 - 2 - 2015

online

22 - 6 - 2015

received

8 - 6 - 2014

Contributors

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Balzhima Cikhardtova

• Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague, Technicka 2, 166 27 Prague 6, Czech Republic

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Pavel Kubeš

• Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague, Technicka 2, 166 27 Prague 6, Czech Republic

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Jakub Cikhardt

• Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague, Technicka 2, 166 27 Prague 6, Czech Republic

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Marian Paduch

• Institute of Plasma Physics and Laser Microfusion (IPPLM), 23 Hery Str., 01-497 Warsaw, Poland

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Ewa Zielinska

• Institute of Plasma Physics and Laser Microfusion (IPPLM), 23 Hery Str., 01-497 Warsaw, Poland

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Josef Kravárik

• Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague, Technicka 2, 166 27 Prague 6, Czech Republic

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Karel Řezáč

• Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague, Technicka 2, 166 27 Prague 6, Czech Republic

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Jiři Kortanek

• Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague, Technicka 2, 166 27 Prague 6, Czech Republic

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Ondřej Šíla

• Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague, Technicka 2, 166 27 Prague 6, Czech Republic

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Identifiers

DOI

10.1515/nuka-2015-0065