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Cylindrical Liner Z-pinches as Drivers for Converging Strong Shock Experiments

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Authors:
  1. Guy C. Burdiak

    1. Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

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  • Nominated as an outstanding Ph.D. thesis by Imperial College London
  • Details an entirely new experimental platform for generating and studying converging radiative shock waves
  • Includes a chapter on how to measure the voltage across a z-pinch

Part of the book series: Springer Theses (Springer Theses)

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. Introduction

    • Guy C. Burdiak
    Pages 1-24

  3. The MAGPIE Generator and Diagnostics

    • Guy C. Burdiak
    Pages 25-48

  4. Plasma Formation and Ablation Dynamics in Thin-Foil Cylindrical Liner Experiments

    • Guy C. Burdiak
    Pages 49-63

  5. The Interaction of Ablation from a Thin-Foil Liner with a Gas-Fill

    • Guy C. Burdiak
    Pages 65-72

  6. Production and Evolution of Multiple Converging Radiative Shocks Inside Thick, Gas-Filled Cylindrical Liners

    • Guy C. Burdiak
    Pages 73-112

  7. Development of a Vacuum Resistive Divider for Measurements of Load Voltage

    • Guy C. Burdiak
    Pages 113-133

  8. Conclusions and Future Work

    • Guy C. Burdiak
    Pages 135-144
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About this book

The thesis represents the development of an entirely new experimental platform for generating and studying converging radiative shock waves. It was discovered that the application of large magnetic pressures to gas-filled cylindrical metallic tubes could sequentially produce three shocks within the gas. A comprehensive set of instrumentation was devised to explore this system in detail and an exceptionally thorough experimental and theoretical study was carried out in order to understand the source of the shock waves and their dynamics. The research is directed towards some of the most interesting topics in high energy density physics (HEDP) today, namely the interaction of HED material with radiation and magnetic fields, with broad applications to inertial confinement fusion (ICF) and laboratory plasma astrophysics. The work has already generated significant international interest in these two distinct research areas and the results could have significant importance for magnetic ICF concepts being explored at Sandia National Laboratories in the US and for our understanding of the very strong shock waves that are ubiquitous in astrophysics.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

    Guy C. Burdiak

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Cylindrical Liner Z-pinches as Drivers for Converging Strong Shock Experiments

  • Authors: Guy C. Burdiak

  • Series Title: Springer Theses

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-06962-3

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2014

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-06961-6Published: 25 June 2014

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-36137-6Published: 10 September 2016

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-06962-3Published: 06 June 2014

  • Series ISSN: 2190-5053

  • Series E-ISSN: 2190-5061

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XV, 144

  • Number of Illustrations: 68 b/w illustrations, 38 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Plasma Physics, Nuclear Fusion, Astrophysics and Astroparticles, Energy Systems

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