Bulletin of the American Physical Society

53rd Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Plasma Physics

Volume 56, Number 16

Monday–Friday, November 14–18, 2011; Salt Lake City, Utah

Session Index

Session GO6: Z Pinches	Show Abstracts
Chair: Stephanie Hansen, Sandia National Laboratories Room: Ballroom G

Tuesday, November 15, 2011 9:30AM - 9:42AM		GO6.00001: Simulation Dynamics of a Multi-Material Pinch for Neutron Production on the Refurbished Z Simulator Y.K. Chong, A.L. Velikovich, J.W. Thornhill, J. Giuliani, C.A. Coverdale Preview Abstract
Tuesday, November 15, 2011 9:42AM - 9:54AM		GO6.00002: Analyzing Spatially Resolved Z-pinch Spectra to Determine the Nature of ``Bright Spots''* J.P. Apruzese, J.L. Giuliani, J.W. Thornhill, D.J. Ampleford, B. Jones, C.A. Coverdale Preview Abstract
Tuesday, November 15, 2011 9:54AM - 10:06AM		GO6.00003: Analysis of Radiation from Implosions of Stainless Steel Wire Arrays on Zebra and Comparison with Laser Plasma Experiments on Leopard at UNR*. A.S. Safronova, V.L. Kantsyrev, I. Shrestha, V.V. Shlyaptseva, M.E. Weller, G.C. Osborne, K.M. Williamson, A. Stafford, S.F. Keim, A.Ya. Faenov, A.A. Esaulov, P. Wiewior, N. LeGalloudec, Y. Paudel, C.A. Coverdale, A.S. Chuvatin Preview Abstract
Tuesday, November 15, 2011 10:06AM - 10:18AM		GO6.00004: Experimental Study of an Inverse Wire Array Z-Pinch Operating as a Current Switch Sergey Lebedev, A. Harvey-Thomson, G.N. Hall, E.M. Waisman, E. Khoory, G. Burdiak, J.P. Chittenden, P. de Grouchy, F.A. Suzuki-Vidal, G. Swadling, S.N. Bland, L. Pickworth, J. Skidmore, L. Suttle Preview Abstract
Tuesday, November 15, 2011 10:18AM - 10:30AM		GO6.00005: Investigation of the Internal Structure of the Dense Z-Pinch V.V. Ivanov, J.P. Chittenden, S.D. Altemara, N. Niasse, P. Hakel, R.C. Mancini, D. Papp, A.A. Anderson, A.L. Astanovitskiy, V. Nalajala Preview Abstract
Tuesday, November 15, 2011 10:30AM - 10:42AM		GO6.00006: Advanced Kr Atomic Structure and Ionization Kinetics for Pinches on ZR Arati Dasgupta, Robert Clark, John Giuliani, Nick Ouart, Jack Davis, Brent Jones, Dave Ampleford, Stephanie Hansen Preview Abstract
Tuesday, November 15, 2011 10:42AM - 10:54AM		GO6.00007: Experimental Comparison of Radiative Characteristics and Implosion Dynamics of Planar Foils and Single Planar Wire Arrays in Current Region 0.9-1.6 MA on the UNR Zebra generator* V.L. Kantsyrev, A.S. Chuvatin, L.I. Rudakov, A.S. Safronova, A.A. Esaulov, G.C. Osborne, I. Shrestha, V.V. Shlyaptseva, H.A. Zunino, M.E. Weller, A. Stafford, S.F. Keim Preview Abstract
Tuesday, November 15, 2011 10:54AM - 11:06AM		GO6.00008: End-On Laser Interferometry of Wire Array Z-Pinch Implosions on the MAGPIE Generator George Swadling, Sergey Lebedev, Jeremy Chittenden, Gareth Hall, Francisco Suzuki-Vidal, Adam Harvey-Thompson, Nicolas Niasse, Guy Burdiak, Essa Khoory, Louisa Pickworth, Philip de Grouchi, Lee Suttle Preview Abstract
Tuesday, November 15, 2011 11:06AM - 11:18AM		GO6.00009: Mitigation of 3D Magneto-Taylor instabilities in cylindrical liner, isentropic compression experiments Marcus Weinwurm, Jeremy Chittenden, Simon Bland Preview Abstract
Tuesday, November 15, 2011 11:18AM - 11:30AM		GO6.00010: Thin Foil Copper Liner Initiation Experiments Isaac Blesener, Bruce Kusse, John Greenly, Kate Blesener, David Hammer, Brent Blue Preview Abstract
Tuesday, November 15, 2011 11:30AM - 11:42AM		GO6.00011: 3 Dimensional Magneto-hydrodynamic modeling of liner implosions on the Z Generator C.A. Jennings, D.B. Sinars, R.D. McBride, S.A. Slutz, M.E. Cuneo, M.C. Herrmann, J.P. Chittenden Preview Abstract
Tuesday, November 15, 2011 11:42AM - 11:54AM		GO6.00012: Experimental Measurements of the Convolute Plasma on the Z-Machine* M.R. Gomez, R.M. Gilgenbach, M.E. Cuneo, R.D. McBride, G.A. Rochau, B. Jones, D.J. Ampleford, D.B. Sinars, J.E. Bailey, W.A. Stygar, M.E. Savage, M. Jones, A.D. Edens, M.R. Lopez, E. Stambulchik, Y. Maron, D.V. Rose, D.R. Welch Preview Abstract
Tuesday, November 15, 2011 11:54AM - 12:06PM		GO6.00013: Plasma Parameters from Optical Emission Spectroscopy of Single Wire Aluminum Plasmas Kate Blesener, Sergei Pikuz, Tania Shelkovenko, Isaac Blesener, David Hammer, Yitzhak Maron, Vladimir Bernshtam, Ramy Doron, Leonid Weignarten, Yuri Zarnitsky Preview Abstract
Tuesday, November 15, 2011 12:06PM - 12:18PM		GO6.00014: Deuterium Gas-Puff Z-Pinch on GIT-12 Generator Daniel Klir, Jozef Kravarik, Pavel Kubes, Karel Rezac, Alexander Shishlov, Vladimir Kokshenev, Nicolai Ratakhin, Boris Kovalchuk, Aleksey Labetsky, Nikolay Kurmaev, Fedor Fursov Preview Abstract
Tuesday, November 15, 2011 12:18PM - 12:30PM		GO6.00015: Laser-produced Plasmas X-ray Source and Its Application to Rayleigh Taylor Instability Study Ruirong Wang, Wei Wang, Jiaqin Dong Preview Abstract

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Bulletin of the American Physical Society

53rd Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Plasma Physics

Volume 56, Number 16

Monday–Friday, November 14–18, 2011; Salt Lake City, Utah

Session Index

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