High‐explosive generators of dense low‐temperature plasma for proton radiography

Abstract

The article reviews the design and physical applications of high‐explosive generators for dense low‐temperature plasma. The PUMA proton microscope with magnetic optics at the Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics by A.I. Alikhanov of National Research Centre «Kurchatov Institute» (Moscow, Russia) was used to diagnose the plasma. The generators were developed for measurements of the equation of state of non‐ideal plasma, investigation of phase transitions in hydrogen or molecular gases, and studies of the properties of the interior of Giant planets. A proposal was made to repeat the experiments with explosive generators using the proton microscope PRIOR (Proton Microscope for Facility for Anti‐proton and Ion Research) at the GSI Helmholtzzentrum fur Schwerionenforschung (Darmstadt, Germany) and at the designed proton microscope at the Institute for Nuclear Research (Troitsk, Russia).

Explosive shock tube of xenon non-ideal plasma for proton radiography

“…The details on shock tube of non-ideal gaseous plasma for proton radiography at PUMA proton microscope [12] at TWAC-ITEP [13] facility are described. A description of highexplosive generators for proton radiography and physical program of experiments at PUMA were reported elsewhere [14,15]. The new experimental results on caloric equation of state of shock-compressed non-ideal plasma of xenon are also presented.…”