Abstract
An explosive plasma source experiment is described in which a stream of energetic xenon plasma was produced at high magnetic Reynolds number. The peak measured plasma velocity in a 2.54-cm diameter channel was 28.9 km/sec and the corresponding pressure in the plasma was 40.8 MPa (0.408 kbar). The peak value of magnetic Reynolds number was 27.7, based on a measured conductivity of 30 kS/m.
Experimental results are presented from plasma diagnostics located along the output channel. Measurements included plasma flow velocity time-history obtained from an electromagnetic velocity gage, bulk plasma conductivity obtained from an eddy current measurement, and plasma resistance as determined from voltage and current measurements between two electrodes exposed to the plasma flow.
The plasma source is of interest as a pulsed high magnetic Reynolds number system and a source of high conductivity and high specific energy plasma.
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Baum, D.W., Shimmin, W.L. (1980). Explosive Plasma Source Experiment. In: Turchi, P.J. (eds) Megagauss Physics and Technology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-1048-8_7
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