Investigation of a Rail Electromagnetic Plasma Jet Source

We report the results of investigation of elements of a rail-type electromagnetic accelerator (railgun), which are aimed at analysis of the mechanism of formation of a dense clean plasma jet with a high kinetic energy. The accelerator is tested with a pulsed gas puffing and with electrodes of differ...

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Published inTechnical physics Vol. 64; no. 7; pp. 962 - 965
Main Authors Voronin, A. V., Goryainov, V. Yu, Gusev, V. K., Novokhatsky, A. N., Ponyaev, S. A.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Moscow Pleiades Publishing 01.07.2019
Springer
Springer Nature B.V
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70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY
ACCELERATORS
CAMERAS
Classical and Continuum Physics
Clean energy
Conductors
Dependence
DEUTERIUM
Deuterium plasma
ELECTRODES
Electromagnetism
Force and energy
Infrared analysis
Infrared cameras
Infrared detectors
INFRARED RADIATION
KINETIC ENERGY
MAGNETIC FIELDS
MONITORING
Physics
Physics and Astronomy
Plasma
PLASMA GUNS
PLASMA JETS
Plasma physics
Pressure sensors
PULSES
Railgun accelerators
SENSORS
Tokamaks
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Summary:We report the results of investigation of elements of a rail-type electromagnetic accelerator (railgun), which are aimed at analysis of the mechanism of formation of a dense clean plasma jet with a high kinetic energy. The accelerator is tested with a pulsed gas puffing and with electrodes of different shapes and lengths, as well as an additional magnetic field produced by external current-carrying conductors. We have developed a method for monitoring plasma jet parameters on a plasma gun test bench using a pressure sensor and an infrared camera. We have analyzed the dependence of deuterium plasma jet pressure on the distance to the accelerator and estimated kinetic energy of the jet.
ISSN:1063-7842
1090-6525
DOI:10.1134/S1063784219070272