| Issue |
EPJ Web of Conferences
Volume 59, 2013
IFSA 2011 – Seventh International Conference on Inertial Fusion Sciences and Applications
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| Article Number | 10003 | |
| Number of page(s) | 5 | |
| Section | X. Z-Pinches and Pulsed Power | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/20135910003 | |
| Published online | 15 November 2013 | |
https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/20135910003
Formation of dense, electromagnetically accelerated plasma for laboratory astrophysics
Department of Energy Sciences, Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259 Nagatsuta-cho, Midori-ku, Yokohama 226-8502, Japan
a e-mail: adachi.k.ad@m.titech.ac.jp
Published online: 15 November 2013
We proposed tapered pinch discharge as a measure to conduct laboratory astrophysics experiments. Basic behaviors of the plasma have been characterized using a prototype device. Results show that the plasma flux and velocity depend on initial gas density, discharge current and taper geometry. Those behaviors can be illustrated with a simple model considering the pinching dynamics of the current sheet based on a 1 dimensional (1-D) equation of motion. Achievable value of the tapered pinch plasma is estimated and compared with required plasma parameters based on scaling parameters for laboratory astrophysics.
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