Files and links (1)
SubmittedOpen Access (License Unspecified), Open
Journal article
The importance of EBIT data for Z-pinch plasma diagnostics
Canadian journal of physics, v 86(1)
01 Jan 2008
Featured in Collection : UN Sustainable Development Goals @ Drexel
Abstract
The results from the last six years of X-ray spectroscopy and spectropolarimetry of high-energy density Z-pinch plasmas complemented by experiments with the electron beam ion trap (EBIT) at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) are presented. The two topics discussed are the development of M-shell X-ray W spectroscopic diagnostics and K-shell Ti spectropolarimetry of Z-pinch plasmas. The main focus is on radiation from a specific load configuration called an "X-pinch". In this work the study of X-pinches with tungsten wires combined with wires from other, lower Z materials is reported. Utilizing data produced with the LLNL EBIT at different energies of the electron beam the theoretical prediction of line positions and intensity of M-shell W spectra were tested and calibrated. Polarization-sensitive X-pinch experiments at the University of Nevada, Reno (UNR) provide experimental evidence for the existence of strong electron beams in Ti and Mo X-pinch plasmas and motivate the development of X-ray spectropolarimetry of Z-pinch plasmas. This diagnostic is based on the measurement of spectra recorded simultaneously by two spectrometers with different sensitivity to the linear polarization of the observed lines and compared with theoretical models of polarization-dependent spectra. Polarization-dependent K-shell spectra from Ti X-pinches are presented and compared with model calculations and with spectra generated by a quasi-Maxwellian electron beam at the LLNL EBIT-II electron beam ion trap.
Metrics
Details
- Title
- The importance of EBIT data for Z-pinch plasma diagnostics
- Creators
- A. S. Safronova - Univ Nevada, Dept Phys, Reno, NV 89557 USAV. L. Kantsyrev - Univ Nevada, Dept Phys, Reno, NV 89557 USAP. Neill - Univ Nevada, Dept Phys, Reno, NV 89557 USAU. I. Safronova - Univ Nevada, Dept Phys, Reno, NV 89557 USAD. A. Fedin - Univ Nevada, Dept Phys, Reno, NV 89557 USAN. D. Ouart - Univ Nevada, Dept Phys, Reno, NV 89557 USAM. F. Yilmaz - Univ Nevada, Dept Phys, Reno, NV 89557 USAG. Osborne - Univ Nevada, Dept Phys, Reno, NV 89557 USAI. Shrestha - Univ Nevada, Dept Phys, Reno, NV 89557 USAK. Williamson - Univ Nevada, Dept Phys, Reno, NV 89557 USAT. Hoppe - Univ Nevada, Dept Phys, Reno, NV 89557 USAC. Harris - Gulf Coast Coll, Panama City, FL 32401 USAP. Beiersdorfer - Lawrence Livermore Natl Lab, Livermore, CA 94550 USAS. Hansen - Lawrence Livermore Natl Lab, Livermore, CA 94550 USA
- Publication Details
- Canadian journal of physics, v 86(1)
- Publisher
- Canadian Science Publishing
- Number of pages
- 10
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- College of Medicine
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000253774700027
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-41549128807
- Other Identifier
- 991019169674604721
UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
This publication has contributed to the advancement of the following goals:
InCites Highlights
Data related to this publication, from InCites Benchmarking & Analytics tool:
- Collaboration types
- Domestic collaboration
- Web of Science research areas
- Physics, Multidisciplinary