OPTIMIZATION OF MICROPINCH PLASMAS PRODUCED BY VACUUM SPARK DISCHARGES

Authors
ERBER CK HERZOG OH SCHULZ A CLOTHIAUX EJ WALDEN F KUNZE HJ
Citation
Ck. Erber et al., OPTIMIZATION OF MICROPINCH PLASMAS PRODUCED BY VACUUM SPARK DISCHARGES, Plasma sources science & technology, 5(3), 1996, pp. 436-441
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Phsycs, Fluid & Plasmas
Journal title
Plasma sources science & technology → ACNP
ISSN journal
09630252
Volume
5
Issue
3
Year of publication
1996
Pages
436 - 441
Database
ISI
SICI code
0963-0252(1996)5:3<436:OOMPPB>2.0.ZU;2-U
Abstract
A high-current low-inductance vacuum spark was operated to produce hot micropinches in copper plasmas. In order to improve the reproducibili ty of the intense hard x-ray emission, different trigger modes and ano de shapes were investigated. Based on the standard configuration used in many vacuum spark set-ups, the temporal jitter was reduced by a fac tor of eight while the spatial reproducibility of the plasma points wa s improved by a factor of three.