Computational simulations of plasma flow switches and imploding loads
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The Procyon system in the Los Alamos Trailmaster foil implosion project is intended to produce soft x-ray radiation by delivering about 1 MJ of kinetic energy to an imploding plasma liner. The final switching stage of this system will be a Plasma Flow Switch (PFS) which delivers current to the cylindrical foil load. 1-D and 2-D simulations are now being conducted to examine: the initiation of the PFS plasma: the dynamics of the PFS and its switching efficiency; the load implosion and resulting …
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Date:
May 29, 1991
Creator:
Peterson, D. L.; Bowers, R. L.; Brownell, J. H.; Greene, A. E. & Roderick, N. F.
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