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Experimental and computational study of the low-density plasma in the outer regions of a theta pinch

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  • Rapport de la Société Suisse de Physique Session de Printemps à Berne, les 26 et 27 Avril 1974 Autres Communications (Physique de la Matière Condensée, Physique Nucléaire et Corpusculaire Physique Théorique) Voir HPA 47, No 4 (1974)
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The time evolution of the electron density has been measured in the outer regions of a fast theta pinch by means of a Mach-Zehnder interferometer. The results show that the electron density outside the central plasma column is relatively high, i.e. between 1 and 5×1014 cm−3. A comparison of these measurements with theoretical calculations leads to the conclusion that the pinch must be unstable during the implosion phase.

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  1. Centre de Recherches en Physique des Plasmas, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland

    P. Hafner & F. Hofmann

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  1. P. Hafner
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Hafner, P., Hofmann, F. Experimental and computational study of the low-density plasma in the outer regions of a theta pinch. Journal of Applied Mathematics and Physics (ZAMP) 25, 667–672 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01596130

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