Bulletin of the American Physical Society

51st Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Plasma Physics

Volume 54, Number 15

Monday–Friday, November 2–6, 2009; Atlanta, Georgia

Session Index

Session GO5: Z-pinches, X-pinches, and Dense Plasma Focus	Show Abstracts
Chair: Mike Cuneo, Sandia National Laboratories Room: Hanover CDE

Tuesday, November 3, 2009 9:30AM - 9:42AM		GO5.00001: Structure of Imploding Plasma in Coiled Wire Arrays Gareth Hall, Sergey Lebedev, Simon Bland, Jeremy Chittenden, James Palmer, Francisco Suzuki-Vidal, Adam Harvey-Thompson, George Swadling, Guy Burdiak, Louisa Pickworth, Nicolas Niasse Preview Abstract
Tuesday, November 3, 2009 9:42AM - 9:54AM		GO5.00002: Measurement of Linear Magneto-Rayleigh-Taylor Instability Growth in Solid Liners Daniel Sinars, Steve Slutz, Mark Herrmann, Kyle Peterson, Roger Vesey, Brent Blue Preview Abstract
Tuesday, November 3, 2009 9:54AM - 10:06AM		GO5.00003: Three dimensional simulations of DT fuel compression by an imploding Z-pinch liner J.P. Chittenden, B. Appelbe, S.A. Slutz, R.A. Vesey, K. Peterson, D.B. Sinars, M.E. Cuneo, M.C. Herrmann Preview Abstract
Tuesday, November 3, 2009 10:06AM - 10:18AM		GO5.00004: Nonlinear Rayleigh-Taylor instabilities in fast z-pinches Aaron Miles Preview Abstract
Tuesday, November 3, 2009 10:18AM - 10:30AM		GO5.00005: Modifying implosion dynamics of a wire array by using an inverse wire array z-pinch as a current switch Sergey Lebedev, A. Harvey-Thomson, G.N. Hall, S.N. Bland, G. Burdiak, F.A. Suzuki-Vidal, G. Swadling, E. Khoory, J.P. Chittenden, L. Pickworth Preview Abstract
Tuesday, November 3, 2009 10:30AM - 10:42AM		GO5.00006: Influence of ion temperature gradient effects on magnetic-curvature-driven flute instability V.I. Sotnikov, J.M. Kindel, O.G. Onishchenko, E. Yasin, J.N. Leboeuf, B.V. Oliver, T.A. Mehlhorn, C. Deeney Preview Abstract
Tuesday, November 3, 2009 10:42AM - 10:54AM		GO5.00007: Polarity Contact and Risetime Effects on Wire Array Z-Pinches David Chalenski, Bruce Kusse Preview Abstract
Tuesday, November 3, 2009 10:54AM - 11:06AM		GO5.00008: Precursor focusing by conical electrodes inside wire array Z-pinches J.B. Greenly, D.A. Chalenski, P.F. Knapp, T.A. Shelkovenko, S.A. Pikuz Preview Abstract
Tuesday, November 3, 2009 11:06AM - 11:18AM		GO5.00009: High energy density plasma experiments using radial foils P.-A. Gourdain, I.C. Blesener, J.B. Greenly, D.A. Hammer, P.F. Knapp, B.R. Kusse, P.C. Schrafel Preview Abstract
Tuesday, November 3, 2009 11:18AM - 11:30AM		GO5.00010: Recent Developments and Future Research at the Nevada Terawatt Facility Joseph Kindel Preview Abstract
Tuesday, November 3, 2009 11:30AM - 11:42AM		GO5.00011: Multi-Planar Wire Array Precursor Formation on the 1MA Zebra Generator Kenneth Williamson, Victor Kantsyrev, Andre Esaulov, Alla Safronova, Ishor Shrestha, Glenn Osborne, Michael Weller, Veronica Shlyaptseva Preview Abstract
Tuesday, November 3, 2009 11:42AM - 11:54AM		GO5.00012: Z-pinch stability in the presence of an axial flow R. Presura, D. Martinez, S. Stein, C. Plechaty, S. Neff Preview Abstract
Tuesday, November 3, 2009 11:54AM - 12:06PM		GO5.00013: Impact of load geometry on plasma formation and radiative properties of Z-pinches at stagnation V.L. Kantsyrev, A.S. Safronova, A.A. Esaulov, A.L. Velikovich, L.I. Rudakov, A.S. Chuvatin, K.M. Williamson, M.F. Yilmaz, G.C. Osborne, M.E. Weller, I. Shrestha, V.V. Shlyaptseva Preview Abstract
Tuesday, November 3, 2009 12:06PM - 12:18PM		GO5.00014: A Low Voltage, High Current Dense Plasma Focus using an Impedance Transformer Brian Bures, Mahadevan Krishnan, Kristi Wilson-Elliot, Robert Madden, Florian Blobner Preview Abstract
Tuesday, November 3, 2009 12:18PM - 12:30PM		GO5.00015: Deuterium Gas-Puff Experiments on the S-300 Z-pinch Daniel Klir, Jozef Kravarik, Pavel Kubes, Karel Rezac Preview Abstract

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Bulletin of the American Physical Society

51st Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Plasma Physics

Volume 54, Number 15

Monday–Friday, November 2–6, 2009; Atlanta, Georgia

Session Index

Session GO5: Z-pinches, X-pinches, and Dense Plasma Focus

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