A Primer on Pulsed Power and Linear Transformer Drivers for High Energy Density Physics Applications

Inverse Liner Z-Pinch: An Experimental Pulsed Power Platform for Studying Radiative Shocks

A PUBLICATION OF THE IEEE NUCLEAR AND PLASMA SCIENCES SOCIETY

SPECIAL ISSUE ON Z-PINCH PLASMAS

GUEST EDITORIAL
Special Issue on Z-Pinch Plasmas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J. L. Giuliani and A. S. Safronova

SPECIAL ISSUE PAPERS
Liners and Foils
Inverse Liner Z-Pinch: An Experimental Pulsed Power Platform for Studying Radiative Shocks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . T. Clayson, S. V. Lebedev, F. Suzuki-Vidal, G. C. Burdiak, J. W. D. Halliday, J. D. Hare, J. Ma, L. G. Suttle, and E. R. Tubman
A Study of Thin Foil Explosion . . . . . . . T. A. Shelkovenko, S. A. Pikuz, I. N. Tilikin, V. M. Romanova, S. N. Mishin, L. Atoyan, and D. A. Hammer
External Magnetic Field Effects on Ablation of Current-Driven Foils Using an Extended Magnetohydrodynamics Simulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . T. Byvank, N. Hamlin, L. Atoyan, C. E. Seyler, and B. R. Kusse
The Electrothermal Instability on Pulsed Power Ablations of Thin Foils . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A. M. Steiner, P. C. Campbell, D. A. Yager-Elorriaga, N. M. Jordan, R. D. McBride, Y. Y. Lau, and R. M. Gilgenbach
Self-Similar Solutions With Electrothermal Processes for Plasmas of Arbitrary Beta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J. L. Giuliani and A. L. Velikovich

Wire Arrays
Studies of Implosion and Radiative Properties of Tungsten Planar Wire Arrays on Michigan’s Linear Transformer Driver Pulsed Power Generator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . V. L. Kantsyrev, A.S. Safronova, V. V. Shlyaptseva, I. K. Shrestha, C. J. Butcher, M. T. Schmidt-Petersen, A. Stafford, A. M. Steiner, D. A. Yager-Elorriaga,  P. C. Campbell,  S. M. Miller,  N. M. Jordan,  R. D. McBride,  R. M. Gilgenbach,  J. L. Giuliani,   and   A. L. Velikovich
Study of Implosion and Precursor Dynamics and Collapse in Wire Arrays With End-On Laser Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . V. V. Ivanov, D. Papp, and A. A. Anderson
2-D Numerical Investigation of the Formation of Z-Pinch-Driven Dynamic Hohlraum at 8-MA Current Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . C. Ning and Z. Chen
Obtaining Ultrahigh Pressures in Configuration of Multiwire Z–θ Pinch on Gamma Facility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . V. D. Selemir, N. V. Zaviyalov, A. P. Orlov, and B. G. Repin
Calculation of Soft X-Ray Pulse Parameters on GAMMA-4 Facility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . V. D. Selemir, N. V. Zaviyalov, A. P. Orlov, B. G. Repin, and A. L. Mozgovoy

Electron Emission & X-Pinches
Studying of Explosive Electron Emission From “Whisker” Cathode Using X-Ray Point-Projection Radiography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S. A. Pikuz, T. A. Shelkovenko, I. N. Tilikin, E. V. Parkevich, A. R. Mingaleev, A. V. Agafonov, and D. A. Hammer
X-Ray Line Polarization of Ne-Like Mo Spectra from X-pinch Plasmas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . R. R. Childers, E. E. Petkov, V. L. Kantsyrev, A. S. Safronova, A. Stafford, V. V. Shlyaptseva, I. K. Shrestha, K. A. Schultz, and C. J. Butcher
Energetics X-ray Burst Observation in the Collapse of a X-pinch Conducted in a Small Capacitive Generator of Low Impedance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C. Pavez, A. Sepúlveda, N. Cabrini, J. Pedreros, G. Avaria, P. San Martín and L. Soto
The Hybrid X-Pinch as a Source of XUV Radiation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
     V. M. Romanova, I. N. Tilikin, T. A. Shelkovenko, A. R. Mingaleev, E. A. Bolkhovitinov, A. A. Rupasov, A. E. Ter-Oganesyan,  and  S. A. Pikuz

Gas Puffs and Dense Plasma Foci
Radiative Characteristics of Reversed Polarity Gas-Puff Ar and Kr Plasmas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . V. Shlyaptseva, K. Takasugi, T. Shikone, S. Hakamatsuka, V. L. Kantsyrev, A. S. Safronova, E. E. Petkov, and A. K. Gill
Magnetic Field Effect on the Initial Parameters of an Imploding Z-Pinch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A. G. Rousskikh, A. S. Zhigalin, V. I. Oreshkin, and R. B. Baksht
Characterization of a Liner-on-Target Gas Injector for Staged Z-Pinch Experiments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F. Conti, J. C. Valenzuela, N. Aybar, F. J. Wessel, M. P. Ross, J. Narkis, H. U. Rahman, E. Ruskov, and F. N. Beg
Study of Triple Ar Gas Puff Z-Pinches on 0.9-MA, 200-ns COBRA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . N. Qi, S. V. Rocco, J. Engelbrecht, E. S. Lavine, P. de Grouchy, J. T. Banasek, L. Atoyan,
      T. Byvank,   W. M. Potter,  J. B. Greenly,  D. A. Hammer,  B. R. Kusse,  S. A. Pikuz,  T. A. Shelkovenko,  E. Kroupp, A. Fisher,  and  Y. Maron
Simulations of Recent Argon Gas-Puff Implosions on Z With Xe and Kr Dopants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . V. Tangri, J. L. Giuliani, A. L. Velikovich, N. Ouart, A. Dasgupta, J. P. Apruzese, A. J. Harvey-Thompson, C. A. Jennings, and B. Jones
Simulations of a Dense Plasma Focus on a High-Impedance Generator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A. Beresnyak, J. L. Giuliani, S. L. Jackson, A. S. Richardson, S. Swanekamp, J. Schumer, B. Weber, and D. Mosher
Theoretical Investigation of Z-Pinch Ar-Plasma Waveguide in a Millimeter-Scale Cross Section Capillary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A. A. Shapolov, M. Kiss, and S. V. Kukhlevsky

Diagnostics
Investigation of Magnetic Fields in Z-pinches Via Multi-MeV Proton Deflectometry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . V. Munzar, D. Klir, J. Cikhardt, B. Cikhardtova, J. Kravarik, P. Kubes, and K. Rezac
Time-Resolved Thomson Scattering on Laboratory Plasma Jets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J. T. Banasek, T. Byvank, S. V. R. Rocco, W. M. Potter, B. R. Kusse, and D. A. Hammer
Time-Resolved Thomson Scattering on Gas-Puff Z-Pinch Plasmas at Pinch Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S. V. R. Rocco, J. T. Banasek, W. M. Potter, B. R. Kusse, and D. A. Hammer
Feasibility Study for Implementing an Optical Thomson Scattering System for Studying Photoionized Plasmas on Z . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . P. M. Kozlowski, R. C. Mancini, and M. E. Koepke
Validation of MHD Code FLUX-rz Using Scintillation Measurements of Thermal Radiation in Nested Wire Array Z-Pinch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . P. B. Repin, V. D. Selemir, A. G. Rep’ev, A. P. Orlov, B. G. Repin, and V. S. Pokrovskiy

Devices & Pulsed Power Facilities
A Primer on Pulsed Power and Linear Transformer Drivers for High Energy Density Physics Applications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . R. D. McBride, W. A. Stygar,
      M. E. Cuneo, D. B. Sinars, M. G. Mazarakis, J. J. Leckbee, M. E. Savage, B. T. Hutsel, J. D. Douglass, M. L. Kiefer,  B. V. Oliver,  G. R. Laity,
      M. R. Gomez,  D. A. Yager-Elorriaga,  S. G. Patel,  B. M. Kovalchuk,  A. A. Kim   P.-A. Gourdain,  S. N. Bland,  S. Portillo,   S. C. Bott-Suzuki,
      F. N. Beg,   Y. Maron,   R. B. Spielman,   D. V. Rose,  D. R. Welch,  J. C. Zier,  J. W. Schumer,  J. B. Greenly,  A. M. Covington,  A. M. Steiner,
      P. C. Campbell,   S. M. Miller,   J. M. Woolstrum,   N. B. Ramey,   A. P. Shah,   B. J. Sporer,  N. M. Jordan,   Y. Y. Lau,  and  R. M. Gnbailgech
The Generation of Warm Dense Matter Using a Magnetic Anvil Cell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . P.-A. Gourdain, A. B. Sefkow, and C. E. Seyler
Diagnostic and Power Feed Upgrades to the MAIZE Facility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . P. C. Campbell, J. M. Woolstrum,
     F. Antoulinakis,    T. M. Jones,    D. A. Yager-Elorriaga,    S. M. Miller,    N. M. Jordan,    Y. Y. Lau,    R. M. Gilgenbach,    and    R. D. McBride
A Pulsed, High-Intensity Source of XUV Radiation Based on Ferrite Surface Breakdown at High Current . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
      . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I. N. Tilikin, S. N. Tzhai, T. A. Shelkovenko, S. Y. Savinov, S. A. Pikuz, and A. R. Mingaleev
An Overview of the Charger-1 Pulsed Power Facility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
      . . . . . . . B. Taylor, J. Cassibry, R. Adams, G. Doughty, B. Seidler, R. Cortez, P. Giddens, L. Fabisinski, D. Bradley, E. Gish, and M. Rodriguez


PART II OF TWO PARTS

REGULAR PAPERS
Basic Processes in Fully and Partially Ionized Plasmas
Design of APD Detector Circuit for Thomson Scattering System on J-TEXT Tokamak . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J. Huang, L. Gao, Y. Zhou, P. Shi, Q. Qiu, and G. Zhuang

Plasma Diagnostics
Laser-Induced Fluorescence of Xe I and Xe II in Ambipolar Plasma Flow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . P. Svarnas, I. Romadanov, A. Diallo, and Y. Raitses

Pulsed Power Science and Technology
Experimental Study of the Breakdown Characteristics of Polypropylene Films Under Nanosecond Voltage Pulses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Z. Chen, S. Ji, W. Jia, J. Tang, F. Guo, J. Li, and W. Chen
Refining FE Structural Mechanics Simulations of a Railgun by Taking Into Account Electromagnetic Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J. Račkauskas, M. Schneider, and R. Kačianauskas
A High-Temperature Superconducting Pulsed-Power Supply Circuit With ICCOS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X. Zhang, Z. Li, H. Li, C. Zhang, and S. Liu

Arcs & MHD
Electromagnetic Radiation Characteristics of Series DC Arc Fault and Its Determining Factors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Q. Xiong, S. Ji, X. Liu, X. Li, L. Zhu, X. Feng, A. L. Gattozzi, and R. E. Hebner
Research on Corona Discharge Characteristics Based on Hybrid Numerical Algorithm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H. Liu, R. Liao, K. Liu, and X. Zhao
Effect of the Nanostructured Layer Thickness on the Dynamics of Cathode Spots on Tungsten . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S. A. Barengolts, V. G. Mesyats, M. M. Tsventoukh, S. Kajita, D. Hwangbo, and N. Ohno