Study of Three-Dimensional Structure in Wire-ArrayPinches by Controlled Seeding of Axial Modulations in Wire Radius
- 21 November 2005
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 95 (22), 225001
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.95.225001
Abstract
Three-dimensional perturbations have been seeded in wire-array pinches by etching diameter aluminum wires to introduce 20% modulations in radius with a controlled axial wavelength. These perturbations seed additional three-dimensional imploding structures that are studied experimentally and with magnetohydrodynamics calculations, highlighting the role of current path nonuniformity in perturbation-induced magnetic bubble formation.
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