Prospects for x-ray polarimetry measurements of magnetic fields in magnetized liner inertial fusion plasmas

Autor: Alan G. Lynn, Mark Gilmore
Rok vydání: 2014
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Zdroj: The Review of scientific instruments. 85(11)
ISSN: 1089-7623
Popis: Magnetized Liner Inertial Fusion (MagLIF) experiments, where a metal liner is imploded to compress a magnetized seed plasma may generate peak magnetic fields ∼10(4) T (100 Megagauss) over small volumes (∼10(-10)m(3)) at high plasma densities (∼10(28)m(-3)) on 100 ns time scales. Such conditions are extremely challenging to diagnose. We discuss the possibility of, and issues involved in, using polarimetry techniques at x-ray wavelengths to measure magnetic fields under these extreme conditions.
Databáze: OpenAIRE