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Plasma Jet Formation Disruption From a Critical Applied Uniform Axial Magnetic Field by Byvank, Tom, Hamlin, Nathaniel, Atoyan, Levon, Seyler, Charles E., Kusse, Bruce R.

“…We examine the effects of varying the magnitude of an applied, uniform, axial magnetic field (<inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">B_{z}…”
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A Study of Thin Foil Explosion by Shelkovenko, Tatiana A., Pikuz, Sergey A., Tilikin, Ivan N., Romanova, Vera M., Mishin, Sergey N., Atoyan, Levon, Hammer, David A.

“…The explosion of thin flat and cylindrical foils has been studied on the BIN (270 kA, 100-ns rise time), XP (500 kA, 100-ns rise time), and COBRA (1.0 MA,…”
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External Magnetic Field Effects on Ablation of Current-Driven Foils Using an Extended Magnetohydrodynamics Simulation by Byvank, Tom, Hamlin, Nathaniel, Atoyan, Levon, Seyler, Charles E., Kusse, Bruce R.

“…We numerically model the ablation process of a 25-<inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">\mu \text{m} </tex-math></inline-formula>-thick aluminum foil…”
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Pre-initiation Features Investigation and Helical Structure Formation in Solid Metal Liner Z-Pinches by Atoyan, Levon

“…The work in this dissertation has focused on two phenomena that occur in a solid metal liner Z-pinch. The first involves features that develop before the…”
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External Magnetic Field Effects on Foil Ablation Relating to Plasma Jet Disruption by Byvank, Tom, Hamlin, Nathaniel, Atoyan, Levon, Seyler, Charles E., Kusse, Bruce R.

“…In the present research, plasma jets form from Joule heating and ablation of a radial foil (approximately 15 μm thin disk) using a pulsed power generator…”
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Material Effects on Laboratory Plasma Jets with Applied Magnetic Fields by Byvank, Tom, Hamlin, Nathaniel, Atoyan, Levon, Seyler, Charles E., Kusse, Bruce R.

“…In the present research, plasma jets form from Joule heating and ablation of a radial foil (approximately 15 μm thin disk) using a pulsed power generator…”
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Experimental Investigation of the Effects of Dielectric Coatings on Cylindrical Metal Liners Driven by a 1 MA Pulsed Power Generator by Atoyan, Levon, Hammer, David A., Banasek, Jacob T., Byvank, Tom, Greenly, John B., Kusse, Bruce R., Rocco, Sophia V.

“…On the 20 MA Z machine, the helical instability features that are observed in magnetized metal liner experiments were mitigated using a dielectric coating. 1…”
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Azimuthal Current Density Distribution Resulting From A Power Feed Vacuum Gap In Metallic Liner Experiments At 1 MA by Bott-Suzuki, S. C., Cordaro, S. W., Bendixsen, L. S. Caballero, Atoyan, Levon, Byvank, Tom, Kusse, B. R., Greenly, J. B., Hammer, D. A., Jennings, C. A.

“…We present a study investigating the distribution of current density in solid, metallic liners directly relevant to the MagLIF approach to fusion. Here, the…”
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High Voltage Coaxial Vacuum Gap Breakdown for Pulsed Power Liners by Cordaro, S. W., Bott-Suzuki, S. C., Caballero Bendixsen, L. S., Atoyan, Levon, Byvank, Tom, Potter, William, Kusse, B.R., Greenly, J.B.

“…The dynamics of Magnetized Liner Inertial Fusion (MagLIF) 1 , a new and promising approach to pulsed power fusion, are presently under detailed study at Sandia…”
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Study of the hybrid X-pinch with an external axial magnetic field by Pikuz, Sergey A., Shelkovenko, Tatiana A., Greenly, John B., Atoyan, Levon, Hammer, David A., Tilikin, Ivan N., Mingaleev, Albert R., Ivanenkov, Georgiy V., Agafonov, Alexey V.

“…Summary form only given. The hot spot that develops in the gap between the electrodes of a hybrid X-pinch (HXP) [1] is a unique source of X-rays. The hot spot…”
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Azimuthal current density distribution resulting from a power feed vacuum gap in metallic liner experiments at 1 MA by Bott-Suzuki, S. C., Cordaro, S. W., Caballero Bendixsen, L. S., Atoyan, Levon, Byvank, Tom, Potter, William, Kusse, B. R., Greenly, J. B., Hammer, D. A., Jennings, C. A.

“…Summary form only given. We present a study investigating the distribution of current density in solid, metallic liners directly relevant to the MagLIF…”
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High voltage coaxial vacuum gap breakdown for pulsed power liners by Cordaro, S. W., Bott-Suzuki, S. C., Caballero Bendixsen, L. S., Atoyan, Levon, Byvank, Tom, Potter, William, Kusse, B. R., Greenly, J. B., Jennings, C. A.

“…Summary form only given. The dynamics of Magnetized Liner Inertial Fusion (MagLIF) 1 , a new and promising approach to pulsed power fusion, are presently under…”
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