The influence of the solid to plasma phase transition on the generation of plasma instabilities

Exploring the plasma processes in the pre-plasma state that lead to instabilities is challenging. Here the authors probe the evolution of the plasma phase change and the instabilities in plasma created by an exploding copper wire in Z-pinch geometry using shadowgraphy.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: E. Kaselouris, V. Dimitriou, I. Fitilis, A. Skoulakis, G. Koundourakis, E. L. Clark, Μ. Bakarezos, I. K. Nikolos, N. A. Papadogiannis, M. Tatarakis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-11-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-02000-6