Initial design for an experimental investigation of strongly coupled plasma behavior in the Atlas facility

Carter P. Munson; J. F. Benage; Antoinette Jane Taylor; R. J. Trainor; B. P. Wood; Frederick Joseph Wysocki

Initial design for an experimental investigation of strongly coupled plasma behavior in the Atlas facility

Carter P. Munson
, J. F. Benage
, Antoinette Jane Taylor
, R. J. Trainor
, B. P. Wood
, Frederick Joseph Wysocki

Los Alamos National Laboratory

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Abstract

The Atlas pulsed power facility provides a platform for experiments in strongly coupled plasmas. The target plasma is compressed against a central column containing diagnostic instrumentation by a cylindrical conducting liner that is driven radially inward by current from the main Atlas capacitor bank. The plasma is predicted by 1D numerical simulations using the RAVEN and CRUNCH codes to reach densities of approximately 1.1 times solid, achieve ion and electron temperatures of approximately 10 eV, and pressures of approximately 4-5 Mbar. X-ray radiography is planned for measurements of the material density at discrete times during the experiments. Diamond Raman measurements are anticipated for determination of the pressure.

Original language	English
Journal	IEEE International Conference on Plasma Science
State	Published - Dec 1 1999
Event	The 26th IEEE International Conference on Plasma Science (ICOPS99) - Duration: Dec 1 1999 → …

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Initial design for an experimental investigation of strongly coupled plasma behavior in the Atlas facility

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