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A series of experiments was carried out in the S-300 facility (3 MA, 0.15 Θ, 100 ns) to study the behavior of a section of a magnetically insulated transmission line (MITL) at current densities of up to 500 MA/cm2 and linear current densities of up to 6 MA/cm (i.e., at parameters close to those expected in a fast Z-pinch fusion reactor projected in Sandia National Laboratories). The surface explosion of the ohmically heated MITL electrode is accompanied by the formation of a plasma layer on its surface. This can deteriorate of the transmission properties of the line because the vacuum gap is short-circuited by the plasma produced. The parameters of the electrode plasma and its effect on the MITL transmission properties were investigated experimentally. Possible consequences of the above effects are evaluated, and MHD simulations of the electrode explosion and the subsequent spread of the plasma layer are performed. It is shown that the time during which an MITL segment preserves its transmission properties conforms to the requirements of the conceptual fusion reactor.
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Original Russian Text © Yu.L. Bakshaev, A.V. Bartov, P.I. Blinov, A.S. Chemenko, S.A. Dan’ko, Yu.G. Kalinin, A.S. Kingsep, V.D. Korolev, V.I. Mizhiritskiĭ, V.P. Smirnoy, A.Yu. Shashkov, P.V. Sasorov, S.I. Tkachenko, 2007, published in Fizika Plazmy, 2007, Vol. 33, No. 4, pp. 291–303.
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Bakshaev, Y.L., Bartov, A.V., Blinov, P.I. et al. Study of the dynamics of the electrode plasma in a high-current magnetically insulated transmission line. Plasma Phys. Rep. 33, 259–270 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063780X07040010
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