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Current Sheet Characteristics Of A Parallel-Plate Electromagnetic Plasma Accelerator Operated In Gas-Prefilled Mode

PHYSICS OF PLASMAS(2018)

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The axial characteristics of a current sheet in a parallel-plate electromagnetic plasma accelerator operated in gas-prefilled mode are reported. The accelerator is powered by a fourteen stage pulse forming network. The capacitor and inductor in each stage are 1.5 mu F and 300 nH, respectively, and yield a damped oscillation square wave of current with a pulse width of 20.6 mu s. Magnetic probes and photodiodes are placed at various axial positions to measure the behavior of the current sheet. Both magnetic probe and photodiode signals reveal a secondary breakdown when the current reverses the direction. An increase in the discharge current amplitude and a decrease in pressure lead to a decrease in the current shedding factor. The current sheet velocity and thickness are nearly constant during the run-down phase under the first half-period of the current. The current sheet thicknesses are typically in the range of 25mm to 40 mm. The current sheet velocities are in the range of 10 km/s to 45 km/s when the discharge current is between 10 kA and 55 kA and the gas prefill pressure is between 30 Pa and 800 Pa. The experimental velocities are about 75% to 90% of the theoretical velocities calculated with the current shedding factor. One reason for this could be that the idealized snowplow analysis model ignores the surface drag force. Published by AIP Publishing.
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electromagnetic plasma accelerator,current sheet characteristics,parallel-plate,gas-prefilled
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