Abstract
We report on the generation of high transient heat and particle fluxes in a linear plasma device by pulsed operation of the plasma source. A capacitor bank is discharged into the source to transiently increase the discharge current up to 1.7 kA, allowing peak densities and temperature of 70× 1020 m-3 and 6 eV corresponding to a surface power density of about 400 MW m-2.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 081502 |
| Journal | Applied Physics Letters |
| Volume | 97 |
| Issue number | 8 |
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| State | Published - Aug 23 2010 |
| Externally published | Yes |