X-Ray Simulator Theory Support

Abstract

This report contains the theory, analyses and computations performed between October 20, 1987 and October 30, 1991 on plasma filled diodes, opening switches, and z-pinches. This includes the first quantitative estimate of plasma blowoff from surfaces in plasma opening switches, the first nine-dependent particle-in-cell simulation of a (one-dimensional) plasma opening switch (or plasma-filled diode), the first two-dimensional dynamical model of a plasma diode, and seminal reviews of z-pinch and vacuum spark research. Pulse Power Theory, Plasma Opening Switch, PIC Stimulations, Plasma-Filled Diode, Plasma Radiation Source

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1993
Accession Number
ADA273613

Entities

People

  • James L. Geary Jr.
  • Lan-lan Chen
  • Nino R. Pereira
  • Robert J. Kares

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Atoms
  • Birds
  • Computational Science
  • Electromagnetic Fields
  • Electromagnetic Scattering
  • Electrons
  • Energy
  • Energy Transfer
  • Magnetic Fields
  • Military Research
  • Plasma Opening Switches
  • Pulsed Power
  • Scattering
  • Spectroscopy
  • Standing Waves
  • Two Dimensional

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerospace Test and Evaluation
  • Pulsed Power and Plasma Physics.
  • Theoretical Analysis.