Abstract
Experiments of the return current post installed X-pinches were carried out on the 1-MA "QiangGuang-1" facility with the purpose of understanding X-pinch characteristics under this setup and establishing X-pinch backlighting diagnostics for the wire-array Z-pinches. Different wire-array loads along with the two-wire 30 μm Mo X-pinch backlighter were tested. The X-pinches emit the X-ray radiation with the burst time variation of ±4 ns and the bright spot size of ∼30 μm. X-ray backlighting shadowgraphy images of the over-mass and radiation-suppressed Z-pinch wire array were obtained.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 155-160 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Laser and Particle Beams |
| Volume | 29 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jun 2011 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Wire-array Z-pinch
- X-pinch
- X-ray shadowgraphy