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Self-similar solutions of screw-pinch plasma implosion

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2009

W. H. Choe
Affiliation:
Department of Nuclear Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL 61801
R. C. Venkatesan
Affiliation:
Department of Nuclear Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL 61801

Abstract

A self-similar analysis of supersonic compression of a “screw-pinch” plasma is carried out that generalizes earlier analyses of pure θ-pinch and Z-pinch implosions. Solutions are found for various implosion modes. It is shown that the screw-pinch plasma implosion differs qualitatively from θ-pinch and Z-pinch implosions.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1990

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