Bulletin of the American Physical Society

62nd Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Plasma Physics

Volume 65, Number 11

Monday–Friday, November 9–13, 2020; Remote; Time Zone: Central Standard Time, USA

Session Index

Session VO06: ICF: Dense Plasma Focus, X and Z Pinches

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Chair: Matt Weis, SNL

Thursday, November 12, 2020 2:00PM - 2:12PM Live		VO06.00001: Multiple pinch formation in a kilojoule plasma focus device and its relation with x-ray and ion emission. Jalaj Jain, Jose Moreno, Biswajit Bora, Sergio Davis, Cristian Pavez, Gonzalo Avaria, Leopoldo Soto Preview Abstract
Thursday, November 12, 2020 2:12PM - 2:24PM Live		VO06.00002: Flyer plates accelerated by the pulsed power driven explosion of underwater planar wire arrays Savva Theocharous, David Yanuka, Simon Bland Preview Abstract
Thursday, November 12, 2020 2:24PM - 2:36PM Live		VO06.00003: Sources of Ion Acoustic Wave Feature Broadening in the Thomson Scattering Spectrum of Gas-Puff Z-Pinches Sophia Rocco, E. Sander Lavine, Jacob Banasek, WIlliam Potter, David Hammer Preview Abstract
Thursday, November 12, 2020 2:36PM - 2:48PM Live		VO06.00004: Liner-on-target gas puff Z-pinch experiments on the CESZAR linear transformer driver. Fabio Conti, Apsara Williams, Vladimir Fadeev, Jeff Narkis, David Reisman, Maylis Dozieres, Nicholas Aybar, Gilbert Collins IV, Farhat Beg Preview Abstract
Thursday, November 12, 2020 2:48PM - 3:00PM Live		VO06.00005: Effect of the outflows from conical wire array Z-pinch on silicon targets Felipe Veloso, Gonzalo Munoz-Cordovez, Donovan Diaz-Droguett, Vicente Valenzuela-Villaseca, Milenko Vescovi, Heman Bhuyan, Mario Favre Preview Abstract
Thursday, November 12, 2020 3:00PM - 3:12PM Live		VO06.00006: Copper X-Pinch Characterization and Implementation as X-Ray Source for Talbot-Lau Deflectometry Milenko Vescovi, Maria Pia Valdivia, Felipe Veloso, Dan Stutman, Mario Favre Preview Abstract
Thursday, November 12, 2020 3:12PM - 3:24PM Live		VO06.00007: Comparison of Wire, Foil, and Hybrid X-Pinch Backlighters for Talbot-Lau X-Ray Imaging Diagnostics G. Collins IV, M. P. Valdivia, D. Stutman, F. N. Beg Preview Abstract
Thursday, November 12, 2020 3:24PM - 3:36PM Live		VO06.00008: First demonstration of an inductively driven X-pinch for diagnosing high energy density experiments on the Z Pulsed Power Facility Clayton E. Myers, David A. Yager-Elorriaga, Matthew R. Gomez, Brian T. Hutsel, Michael Kossow, Derek C. Lamppa, Larry M. Lucero, Adam M. Steiner, Timothy J. Webb Preview Abstract
Thursday, November 12, 2020 3:36PM - 3:48PM Live		VO06.00009: First Use of Z-pinch-driven Ion Deflectometry for Azimuthal Magnetic Field Measurements Vojtech Munzar, Daniel Klir, Jakub Cikhardt, Balzhima Cikhardtova, Josef Kravarik, Pavel Kubes, Karel Rezac, Alexander Shishlov, Vladimir Kokshenev, Rustam Cherdizov, Nikolai Ratakhin, Karel Turek Preview Abstract
Thursday, November 12, 2020 3:48PM - 4:00PM Live		VO06.00010: K-shell radiation from z-pinch plasmas generated by hybrid gas-puff implosions onto on-axis wires. Daniel Klir, J. Cikhardt, J. Kravarik, P. Kubes, V. Munzar, K. Rezac, A.V. Shishlov, R.K. Cherdizov, F.I. Fursov, V.A. Kokshenev, N.E. Kurmaev, N.A. Ratakhin Preview Abstract
Thursday, November 12, 2020 4:00PM - 4:12PM Live		VO06.00011: Energy coupling in axially pre-magnetized triple gas-puff Z-pinches Jeff Narkis, Maylis Dozieres, David Reisman, Fabio Conti, Farhat Beg Preview Abstract
Thursday, November 12, 2020 4:12PM - 4:24PM		VO06.00012: Direct Quantification of Insulator Breakdown and Plasma Sheath Formation on Pinch Quality in a 10 kJ Dense Plasma Focus. Eric Hahn, David Housley, Fabio Conti, Jeff Narkis, Farhat Beg Preview Abstract
Thursday, November 12, 2020 4:24PM - 4:36PM		VO06.00013: Validation of MHD Simulations Using Spectroscopically Characterized O Gas-Puff Z-Pinches. Nicholas Aybar, Maylis Dozieres, Marko Cvejic, Dimitry Mikitchuk, Fabio Conti, Eyal Kroupp, Yitzhak Maron, Farhat Beg Preview Abstract
Thursday, November 12, 2020 4:36PM - 4:48PM On Demand		VO06.00014: Plasma jets generated from conical-wire arrays driven by a 1-kJ pulsed-power system Po-Yu Chang, Ming-Cheng Jheng, Chih-Jui Hsieh, Mei-Feng Huang, Po-Wei Lai, Yen-Cheng Lin, Jia-Kai Liu, Sheng-Hua Yang, I-Lin Yeh Preview Abstract
Thursday, November 12, 2020 4:48PM - 5:00PM		VO06.00015: Computational Exploration of the Spatiotemporal Effects of Laser Interaction with X-Pinches. James Young, Matt Evans, Hannah Hasson, Roman Shapovalov, Imani West-Abdallah, Charles Seyler, Pierre Gourdain Preview Abstract

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Bulletin of the American Physical Society

62nd Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Plasma Physics

Volume 65, Number 11

Monday–Friday, November 9–13, 2020; Remote; Time Zone: Central Standard Time, USA

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Session VO06: ICF: Dense Plasma Focus, X and Z Pinches

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