超高速激光纹影技术测量脉冲功率驱动的磁重联现象

用超高速激光纹影技术测量了Z箍缩等离子体磁重联现象。实验采用超高速光电分幅相机,配合激光纹影技术,测量了XP-1装置上两根金属丝产生的等离子体分布,论证了超高速激光纹影技术研究Z箍缩磁重联现象的可行性。双钨丝实验结果表明,电流加载约10ns后金属丝已有明显膨胀,线性拟合得到平均膨胀速度约8km/s,金属丝内外两侧出现了规则的极有可能是垂直磁场的电热不稳定性扰动,并沿角向高度关联。铝丝负载的实验结果表明,早期的不稳定性波长为0.4mm,电流峰值之后金属丝初始位置仍有大量等离子体,后期的不稳定性波长约1.5mm。这些现象揭示了不稳定性发展的一个主要特征:短波模式受抑制,长波模式将占主导。     

丝阵负载Z箍缩早期过程的研究

利用X箍缩等离子体产生的μm级、亚ns脉冲X射线点源对双丝电爆炸过程进行了X射线背光照相,结果表明:真空环境下爆炸丝通常形成“核冕”结构,即高密度丝核表面围绕着低密度冕等离子体;随后在全局磁场驱动下,冕层将被连续剥离并向轴线汇聚,形成“先驱等离子体”,大大降低丝阵的内爆品质。针对上述问题,进一步对实现“无核丝爆”(提高丝核沉积能量实现金属丝的均匀汽化)的方法进行了研究。实验结果表明:提高驱动电流上升率以及在金属丝表面构造正向径向电场均有利于丝核沉积能量的提高。结合上述两种方法,提出了阴极串联闪络开关的电极构型,大幅度提高了丝核沉积能量:正负极性驱动电流下比能量分别提高到原来的2倍(从5.7 eV/atom到13 eV/atom)和3.5倍(3.4 eV/atom到12 eV/atom),均超过了钨丝汽化能(8.8 eV/atom),且激光干涉图像表明爆炸产物具有很高的汽化率,即实现了“无核丝爆”。     

用X-pinch对双丝Z箍缩进行轴向X射线背光照相

利用PPG-1脉冲电流源(400 kA, 100 ns), 同时驱动X-pinch和双丝Z箍缩负载. 用X-pinch作为X射线源, 对双丝Z箍缩进行了轴向背光照相的初步实验. 得到了双丝Z箍缩在r-θ 平面上随时间演化的图像, 观察到了丝阵Z箍缩所有早期过程, 包括丝芯膨胀、冕层等离子体产生、等离子体向丝阵中心的运动、先驱等离子体形成. 利用阶跃光楔滤片, 对上述背光图像进行了等离子体质量面密度的标定, 首次得到了在r-θ平面上双丝Z箍缩等离子体质量面密度的时空分布图像.     

Radiation characteristics and implosion dynamics of tungsten wire array Z-pinches on the YANG accelerator

We investigated the radiation characteristics and implosion dynamics of low-wire-number cylindrical tungsten wire array Z-pinches on the YANG accelerator with a peak current 0.8-1.1 MA and a rising time ～ 90 ns.The arrays are made up of(8-32)×5 μm wires 6/10 mm in diameter and 15 mm in height.The highest X-ray power obtained in the experiments was about 0.37 TW with the total radiation energy ～ 13 kJ and the energy conversion efficiency ～ 9%(24×5 μm wires,6 mm in diameter).Most of the X-ray emissions from tungsten Z-pinch plasmas were distributed in the spectral band of 100-600 eV,peaked at 250 and 375 eV.The dominant wavelengths of the wire ablation and the magneto-Rayleigh-Taylor instability were found and analyzed through measuring the time-gated self-emission and laser interferometric images.Through analyzing the implosion trajectories obtained by an optical streak camera,the run-in velocities of the Z-pinch plasmas at the end of the implosion phase were determined to be about(1.3-2.1)×10 7 cm/s.     

铜镍合金丝电爆炸放电特性与时空演化行为

脉冲电流驱动金属丝电爆炸可产生具有较高能量密度的等离子体,并伴随脉冲电磁辐射、强冲击波等效应,广泛应用于Z箍缩、电热化学武器、油气助采等领域;与纯金属相比,合金具备电阻率高、成分可调、相变复杂等特点,在电爆炸效应参数的调控方面具有很大潜力。开展了大气空气介质中铜、镍、铜镍（康铜）丝在微秒时间尺度电脉冲作用下电爆炸实验研究,通过放电参数与自辐射图像诊断,获取电爆炸过程放电参数与时空演变的特性规律,得到脉冲电流作用下合金电爆炸在相变与等离子体方面的特征。实验发现,在电爆炸早期,铜镍合金的高电阻率能够提高能量沉积效率:铜52%、镍74%、铜镍合金78%;而相爆开始后,合金丝负载则更接近纯镍丝负载性能。等离子体通道早期膨胀速率在5 mm/μs量级,随后迅速衰减;合金丝等离子体膨胀时间更久,击穿后平均电阻率上升缓慢,且等离子体辐射与金属爆炸产物在空间尺度上存在关联性。特别地,铜镍合金气溶胶分层同时具有横向和纵向特征（特征尺度10?1 mm）,但整体较铜气溶胶更为均匀。     

周期调制结构平面薄膜电爆炸实验研究

在金属层表面引入微结构以实现对Z箍缩等离子体形成和发展过程中不稳定性的调控具有重要研究价值.在“强光一号”装置上(峰值电流~1.4 MA,上升时间~100 ns),开展了针对具有一维周期性凹槽调制结构的金属薄膜的电爆炸实验研究.实验负载采用外推型平面结构,基底为30μm厚铝膜,刻蚀周期为2 mm,刻蚀深度约为10μm.通过激光阴影成像、激光干涉成像和可见光自辐射成像等系统进行联合诊断.实验结果表明刻蚀结构对等离子体发展过程的不稳定性特征产生了明显调制作用,原本征波长也受到抑制,微结构周期对不稳定结构波长产生趋同效应;未刻蚀一侧边界层同样受刻蚀层结构的影响,在不稳定结构上表现出相似形貌,且内外侧不稳定性特征的耦合关联性增强;刻蚀凹槽处在爆炸过程中膨胀更为迅速,形成的表面等离子体结构与初始结构反相;在刻蚀结构的几何突变处会形成细长的等离子体喷流,在二分之一刻蚀波长处出现波谱特征峰.理论分析表明电流密度调制造成电热不稳定性分布改变是调控作用产生的重要原因.     

真空中铝单丝电爆炸的实验研究

开展了铝单丝在负极性电流脉冲作用下电爆炸特性的研究.利用皮秒激光探针,搭建了阴影、纹影和干涉的光学诊断平台,得到了不镀膜铝丝典型的能量沉积过程,在电压崩溃时刻其沉积能量为2.4 eV/atom.为了增加金属丝内的沉积能量,开展了相同电参数及金属丝尺寸下的镀膜铝丝电爆炸实验,其沉积能量可达到5 eV/atom,实现了在电压崩溃之前铝丝完全气化(完全气化所需能量为4 eV/atom).阴影图像展示了高密度丝核区域的膨胀过程,不镀膜铝丝平均膨胀速度为2.2 km/s,而镀膜铝丝因为沉积能量大,其膨胀速度约为不镀膜铝丝的2.3倍,高密度区域膨胀速度为5 km/s.由于阴影不能反映低密度等离子体的膨胀,开展了平行双丝实验,通过测量自发光辐射,估算了低密度等离子体的膨胀速度.利用条纹相机拍摄了不镀膜铝丝电爆炸过程中自发光区域的图像.纹影图像清晰地展示了不镀膜铝丝在电爆炸过程中形成的核冕结构,而镀膜铝丝电爆炸过程中核冕结构得到了一定程度的抑制.从干涉图像计算了相移,在轴对称假设下对相移进行阿贝尔逆变换,重构了三维的铝原子数密度分布.     

X-ray observations of tungsten wire array Z-pinch implosions on QiangGuang-1 facility

Z-pinch experiments with two arrays consisting, respectively, of 32 4-μm- and 6-μm-diameter tungsten wires have been carried out on QiangGuang-1 facility with a current rising up to 1.5MA in 80ns. At early time of implosion, x-ray framing images show that the initial emission comes from the central part of arrays, and double clear emission rings, drifting to the anode and the cathode at 5×10⁶cm/s and 2.4×10⁷cm/s respectively, are often produced near the electrodes. Later, in a 4-μm-diameter tungsten wire array, filamentation caused by ohmic heating is prominent, and more than ten filaments have been observed. A radial inward shift of arrays starts at about 30\,ns earlier than the occurrence of the x-ray peak power for both kinds of arrays, and the shrinkage rate of emission region is as high as 1.7×10⁷cm/s in a 4-μm-diameter tungsten wire array, which is two times higher than that in a 6-μm one. Emission from precursor plasmas is observed in implosion of 6-μm-diameter tungsten wire arrays, but not in implosion of a 4-μm-diameter tungsten wire array. Whereas, in a 4-μm-diameter tungsten wire array, the soft x-ray emission shows the growth of m=1 instability in the plasma column, which is caused by current. The reasons for the discrepancy between implosions of 4-μm- and 6-μm-diameter tungsten wire arrays are explained.     

平行面多金属钨丝Z箍缩实验研究

 利用“阳”加速器对平行面多金属钨丝（直径17 μm，丝间距1 mm，丝数3根或5根）负载进行了Z箍缩聚爆实验研究。在峰值为350 kA,上升沿约80 ns的电流作用下，使用针孔成像技术和X射线诊断技术，获得多钨丝等离子体融合图像及相应的软X射线辐射信号。对金属丝聚爆过程中负载电流变化对实验影响进行了分析，并探讨了引起聚爆过程中的等离子体柱腊肠型不稳定性、扭曲型不稳定性和“热点”及其周围弥散斑等现象的原因。     

“强光一号”装置上部分Z箍缩实验结果的物理分析

从原子的电离能和维持等离子体所需能量出发，给出了估算任一元素材料，要产生任一壳层的X射线辐射，每个离子(原子)所需要的基本能量和要达到的内爆箍缩速度的方法.对“强光一号”加速器上典型的氪喷气和部分钨丝阵Z箍缩实验的电流和电压波形所蕴涵的丰富物理信息进行了分析，得到了电感和洛伦兹(Lorentz)力做功等物理量的变化规律以及负载参数变化对它们的影响.该电感与基于壳层模型计算出的电感有较大的差异.前者随箍缩开始而缓慢增大，甚至在箍缩到心和飞散后还在增大，最后大致稳定在100 nH附近.差异可能是由于壳层模型过于简化和电流电压的测点同负载有一定的距离而造成的.当丝阵直径为8 mm时，洛伦兹力做功最大；当丝阵直径相同时，丝数较大时，洛伦兹力做功也较大.同时还对该加速器的喷气和丝阵负载的线质量进行了优化，表明也是直径为8 mm的钨丝阵为最佳负载，这同实验的优化结果也一致.     

Stratification dynamics and the development of electrothermal instability at the wire explosion

The stratification dynamics at wire explosion of copper and nickel wires (25 and 50 μm) in air is studied under current dwell conditions. Experimental and theoretical data are presented for the stratification of a core due to electrothermal instability. The evolution of strata during the quasi-adiabatic expansion of the core is studied, and it is shown that the elongation of strata and their dynamics are well described in terms of a model of electrothermal instability for conductors with different diameters.     

等离子体断路开关装置上的多丝Z箍缩初步实验

 开展了基于等离子体断路开关的脉冲功率源驱动多丝Z箍缩负载初步实验,实验中采用了2根或4根钨丝组成的环形阵列,其中钨丝的直径分别为7 mm和20 mm。利用高速扫描摄影获取钨丝电爆炸和箍缩过程中等离子体自发光的物理图像。实验结果表明：导通电流为105 kA的等离子体断路开关将67%~78%的电流转换至金属丝阵负载上,负载电流上升沿为84~110 ns。高速扫描相机观察到了钨丝电爆炸形成晕等离子体及其向轴线箍缩和后期向外膨胀的物理过程。     

Z箍缩等离子体MHD不稳定性的简化分析

在Haines的理论模型基础上,将金属丝阵负载Z箍缩内爆等离子体MRT不稳定性发展的全过程划分为四个部分加以描述,并利用ZP-0D程序定性分析了丝阵参数和驱动器条件对不稳定性的影响。研究结果表明,增加丝阵的丝根数,能够明显改善Z箍缩的稳定状态,有利于提高箍缩停滞时等离子体的温度、密度及X射线产额。     

铝丝电爆炸过程的光学诊断

采用100 m和40 m两种直径的铝丝,在不同放电电压下,通过分幅成像技术和光谱诊断方法,对铝丝电爆炸过程放电特性及放电等离子参数进行了诊断。实验研究表明:铝丝电爆炸过程中金属蒸气的二次击穿分为内部击穿和沿面击穿两种类型,较细的铝丝更容易发生内部击穿,发生内部击穿时产生的等离子体具有更好的空间均匀性和对称性,其放电过程具有更高的稳定性和可重复性。通过光谱诊断可知铝丝电爆炸等离子体电子温度在104 K量级,电子密度在1018 cm-3量级。     

Characteristics of high-power radiating imploding discharge with cold start

A qualitative model of the dynamics of a multiterawatt radiating Z-pinch with cold start and high rate of current rise is proposed. The model is used to analyze discharges with currents I ～ 2–5 MA (with dI/dt > 10¹³ A/s) through uniform or structured plasma-producing loads, including wire arrays. The most important consequence of cold start is that spatially nonuniform plasma production is prolonged to almost the entire current rise time. Under these conditions, the Ampére force begins to play a dominant role in the plasma dynamics before the plasma-producing load is completely transformed into an accelerated plasma. The results of computations of wire-array vaporization are presented. A formula is proposed for estimating the highest attainable velocity of plasma flow into a heterogeneous liner driven by the Ampére force. It is shown that local imbalance between radial motion of the produced plasma and supply of the plasma-producing substance to be ionized leads to axially nonuniform breakthrough of magnetic flux into the liner, which precedes plasma collapse. The magnetic-flux breakthrough gives rise to a chaotic azimuthal-axial plasma structure consisting of radial plasma jets of relatively small diameter, which is called a radial plasma rainstorm. The breaking-through azimuthal magnetic flux obstructs further current flow in the breakthrough region. Analyses of Z-pinch implosion based on the theory of Rayleigh-Taylor instability or the snowplow model are incorrect under the plasma-rainstorm conditions. The processes taking place in a stagnant Z-pinch include conversion of the energy carried by the current-generated magnetic field into turbulent MHD flow of the ion component of the plasma, its convective mixing with magnetic field, heating, energy transfer from ions to electrons, and emission from the plasma. Under typical experimental conditions, emission plays a key role in the energy balance in an imploding pinch. Z-pinch is modeled by an electric-circuit component that has a time-dependent nonlinear impedance and consumes the magnetic energy supplied by a generator through a magnetically insulated transmission line (MITL). The peak power reached in the circuit is comparable to the peak soft X-ray power output emitted by the pinch in terms of magnitude and timing. Optimum matching conditions are formulated for the generator-MITL-pinch circuit.     

Numerical simulation of the initial plasma formation and current transfer in single-wire electrical explosion in vacuum

In this paper, a computational model is constructed to investigate the phenomenon of the initial plasma formation and current transfer in the single-wire electrical explosion in a vacuum. The process of the single-wire electrical explosion is divided into four stages. Stage Ⅰ: the wire is in solid state. Stage Ⅱ: the melting stage. Stage Ⅲ: the wire melts completely and the initial plasma forms. Stage IV: the core and corona expand separately. The thermodynamic calculation is applied before the wire melts completely in stages Ⅰ and Ⅱ. In stage Ⅲ, a one-dimensional magnetohydrodynamics model comes into play until the instant when the voltage collapse occurs. The temperature, density, and velocity, which are derived from the magnetohydrodynamics calculation, are averaged over the distribution area. The averaged parameters are taken as the initial conditions for stage Ⅳ in which a simplified magnetohydrodynamics model is applied. A wide-range semi-empirical equation of state, which is established based on the Thomas-Fermi-Kirzhnits model, is constructed to describe the phase transition from solid state to plasma state. The initial plasma formation and the phenomenon of current transfer in the electrical explosion of aluminum wire are investigated using the computational model. Experiments of electrical explosion of aluminum wires are carried out to verify this model. Simulation results are also compared with experimental results of the electrical explosion of copper wire.     

Formation of extended directional breakdown channels produced by a copper wire exploding in the atmosphere

Experimental data for switching initiated by the electrical breakdown of air gaps up to 1.9 m long with an arbitrary geometry that are produced by an exploding copper wire 90 μm in diameter are presented. At an initial voltage of 11 kV, the stored energy equals 100–2100 J. Two channel formation conditions are possible: explosion of a wire without electrical breakdown and electrical breakdown in a channel produced by an exploding wire with a delay (current pause) no longer than 250 μs. Current and voltage waveforms across the discharge gap, as well as the resistivity values, under the electrical breakdown conditions are shown. Mechanisms and conditions for streamer initiation at a mean electric field strength in the discharge gap of 5.3–17.0 kV/m are discussed. The geometrical dimensions of plasma objects in the forming channel, the run of the electrical current under breakdown, and the formation mechanism of wire explosion products are found from color microphotographs. The formation mechanism of large aerosols in the form of tiny spherical copper and copper oxide (CuO, Cu₂O) particles under wire explosion conditions is discussed.     

电感分布对双层丝阵Z箍缩内爆动力学模式的影响

采用等效电路和零维分析方法,建立了双层丝阵Z箍缩内爆动力学的物理模型. 研究了内、外层丝阵电感分布及其变化对双层丝阵内爆动力学模式的决定性影响,结果表明丝阵的初始电感决定了初始电流分配,动态电感变化影响丝阵内爆的动力学过程. 提出由于电感的变化可能存在四种不同的双层丝阵内爆动力学模式. 针对“强光一号”装置Z箍缩双层丝阵负载参数进行计算分析,可以得到外层等离子体穿透内层先运动到芯的动力学模式,与其他低电流装置在实验上观察到的物理图像一致. 关键词： Z箍缩内爆等离子体 双层丝阵负载 电感 动力学模式     

Wire number doubling in high-wire-number regime increasesZ-accelerator X-ray power

Doubling the number of tungsten wires from 120 to 240, keeping the mass fixed, increased the radiated X-ray power relative to the electrical power at the insulator stack of the Z accelerator by (35±15)% for 8.75- and 20-mm radii Z-pinch wire arrays. One-dimensional radiation magneto hydrodynamic calculations suggest that the arrays were operating in a quasi “plasma-shed” regime, where the plasma generated by the individual wires partially merge prior to the inward implosion of the entire array     

快Z箍缩物理过程的PSPICE电路模拟方法分析

 简单介绍了快Z箍缩概念和物理过程，以及Z箍缩物理过程不稳定性因素和简单分析。用PSPICE电路模拟方法解薄壳模型得到了箍缩时间、等离子体壳的速度、负载上的电流、电压变化规律等Z箍缩物理量。