Magnetic Field Annihilation of Impulsive Current Sheets

Abstract

The acceleration mechanism has been studied experimentally in several plasma accelerators which have utilized the collision of a pair of oppositely moving current sheets to set up a plasma/field configuration in which magnetic field energy is converted to plasma energy by the annihilation of antiparallel magnetic fields. Two 40 cm diameter, planar, spiral coils were used to drive the plasma by an impulsive, inductive, discharge for the initial experiments.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 31, 1976
Accession Number
ADA026346

Entities

People

  • C. L. Dailey
  • H. A. Davis
  • R. H. Lovberg

Organizations

  • TRW Inc.

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Blood Volume
  • Doppler Effect
  • Electric Propulsion
  • Electron Density
  • Ion Density
  • Kinetic Energy
  • Measurement
  • Plasma Accelerators
  • Radial Velocity
  • Radiation
  • Rockets
  • Scientific Research
  • Spectral Lines
  • Thrust
  • Thrusters
  • Two Dimensional

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Plasma Physics / Magnetohydrodynamics
  • Pulsed Power and Plasma Physics.