PULSED ​PLASMA PHYSICS

Journal Papers

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• Probing local electron temperature and density inside a sheared flow stabilized Z-pinch using portable optical Thomson scattering
  J. T. Banasek, C. Goyon, S. C. Bott-Suzuki, G. F. Swadling, M. Quinley, B. Levitt, B. A. Nelson, U. Shumlak, and H. S. McLean, e as: Rev. Sci. Instrum. 94, 023508 (2023); doi: 10.1063/5.0135265

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• “Effect of Coaxial Electrode Geometry on the Electric Field Enhancement Factor for a High Voltage Vacuum Gap”
  S. W. Cordaro, S. C. Bott-Suzuki, J. Banasek, Tobias Oliver, IEEE Trans. Plasma Sci., 50, 2207 (2022)

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• “Free space Thomson scattering to study high energy density shocks”
  J. T. Banasek, T. G. Oliver,  S. W. Cordaro, S. C. Bott-Suzuki, Review of Scientific Instruments 92, 093503 (2021)

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• “Characterization of plasma emission in the 1-6 nm band from laser-irradiated cryogenic xenon targets”
  S. C. Bott-Suzuki, A. Bykanov, O. Khodykin, M. Tillack, S. Cordaro, C. McGuffey, Journal of Applied Physics 126, 113103 (2019)

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• “A Primer on Pulsed Power and Linear Transformer Drivers for High Energy Density Physics Applications”
  R. D. McBride ; W. A. Stygar ; M. E. Cuneo ; D. B. Sinars ; M. G. Mazarakis ; J. J. Leckbee ; M. E. Savage ; B. T. Hutsel ; J. D. Douglass ; M. L. Kiefer ; B. V. Oliver ; G. R. Laity ; M. R. Gomez ; D. A. Yager-Elorriaga ; S. G. Patel ; B. M. Kovalchuk ; A. A. Kim ; P.-A. Gourdain ; S. N. Bland ; S. Portillo ; S. C. Bott-Suzuki ; F. N. Beg ; Y. Maron ; R. B. Spielman ; D. V. Rose ; D. R. Welch ; J. C. Zier ; J. W. Schumer ; J. B. Greenly ; A. M. Covington ; A. M. Steiner ; P. C. Campbell ; S. M. Miller ; J. M. Woolstrum ; N. B. Ramey ; A. P. Shah ; B. J. Sporer ; N. M. Jordan ; Y. Y. Lau ; R. M. Gilgenbach, IEEE Trans. Plasma. Sci., 46, 3928-3967 (2018)

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• “The Role of Ion Acoustic Instability in the Development of the Azimuthal Current Density Profile in Liner Experiments at 1 MA” (Invited paper)
  Simon C. Bott-Suzuki , Samuel W. Cordaro, L. Atoyan, T. Byvank , W. Potter, B. R. Kusse, J. B. Greenly, D. A. Hammer and C. A. Jennings, IEEE Trans. Plasma Sci, 46, 1921 (2018)

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• "Time and Space resolved current density mapping in three dimensions using magnetic field probe array in a high voltage coaxial gap"
  S. W. Cordaro and S. C. Bott-Suzuki, Journal of Applied Physics 122, 213303 (2017)

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• “Axial Mass fraction measurements in a 300kA dense plasma focus”
  L.S. Caballero Bendixsen, S. C. Bott-Suzuki, S. W. Cordaro, K. Mahadevan, S. Chapman, J.P. Chittenden, Phys Plasmas, 23, 093112 (2016)

 

• "Study of the time-resolved, 3-dimensional current density distribution in solid metallic liners at 1 MA"
  S. C. Bott-Suzuki, S. W. Cordaro, L. S. Caballero Bendixsen, L. Atoyan, T. Byvank, W. Potter, B. R. Kusse, J. B. Greenly and D. A. Hammer, Phys. Plasmas 23, 092711 (2016)

 

• "Investigation of the effect of a power feed vacuum gap in solid liner experiments at 1 MA"
  S. C. Bott-Suzuki, S. W. Cordaro, L. S. Caballero Bendixsen, I. C. Blesener, Levon Atoyan, Tom Byvank, William Potter, K. S. Bell, B. R. Kusse and J. B. Greenly, Phys. Plasmas  22, 094501 (2015)

 

• "Two dimensional triangulation of breakdown in a high voltage coaxial gap"

  S. W. Cordaro, S. C. Bott-Suzuki, L. S. Caballero Bendixsen, Levon Atoyan, Tom Byvank, William Potter, B. R. Kusse and J. B. Greenly, Rev. Sci. Instrumen.,  86, 073503 (2015)

 

• "Investigation of radiative bow-shocks in magnetically accelerated plasma flows "

  S. C. Bott-Suzuki, L. S. Caballero Bendixsen, S. W. Cordaro, I. C. Blesener, C. L. Hoyt, A. D. Cahill, B. R. Kusse, D. A. Hammer, P. A. Gourdain, C. E. Seyler, J. B. Greenly, J. P. Chittenden, N. Niasse, S. V. Lebedev and D. J. Ampleford, Phys. Plasmas 22, 052710 (2015)

 

• "Experimental Analysis of the Acceleration Region in Tungsten Wire Arrays"
  Simon C. Bott, Derek Mariscal, Kanchana Gunasekera, Jonathan Peebles, Farhat. N. Beg , D. A. Hammer , B. R. Kusse , J. B. Greenly, T.A Shelkovenko, S. A. Pikuz, I. C. Blesener, R. D. McBride, J. D. Douglass, K. S. Blesener, P. F. Knapp, IEEE Trans. Plasma Sci., 40, 3324 (2012)

 

• "A Collinear Self-Emission and Laser-backlighting Imaging Diagnostic"
  S. C. Bott, G. Collins IV, K. Gunasekera, D. Mariscal, F. N. Beg, D. M. Haas, F. Veloso, I.C. Blesener, A. D. Cahill, C. L. Hoyt, B. R. Kusse, D. A. Hammer, Rev. Sci. Intrumen., 83, 083507 (2012)

 

•  “Demonstration of radiation pulse shaping capabilities using nested conical wire array z-pinches” D.J. Ampleford, S.N. Bland, M.E. Cuneo, S.V. Lebedev, D.B. Sinars, C.A. Jennings, E.M. Waisman, R.A. Vesey, G.N. Hall, F. Suzuki-Vidal, J.P. Chittenden, S.C. Bott, IEEE Trans. Plasma Sci., 40, 3334 (2012)  

 

•  “Shock model description of the interaction radiation pulse in nested wire array z-pinches” D. J. Ampleford, C. A. Jennings, S. V. Lebedev, S. N. Bland, M. E. Cuneo, D. B. Sinars, S. C. Bott, G. N. Hall, F. Suzuki-Vidal, J. B. A. Palmer, and J. P. Chittenden, Phys. Plasmas, 19, 122711 (2012)  

 

• "Examination of bow-shock formation in supersonic, radiatively cooled plasma flows" 
  Jonathan L. Peebles, Simon C. Bott, Kanchana Gunasekera, Joohwan Kim, Leonard Harpster, Brian Evans, Daniel Gomez, Omri Paran, Chris Peterson, Farhat N. Beg, IEEE Trans. Plasma Sci., 39, 2422 (2011)

 

• "A 250 kA Compact Linear Transformer Driver (LTD) for Wire Array Z-Pinch Loads"
  S. C. Bott, D. M. Haas, R. E. Madden, U. Ueda, Y. Eshaq, G. Collins IV, K. Gunasekera, D. Mariscal, J. Peebles, F. N. Beg, M. Mazarakis, K. Struve, R. Sharpe, Phys. Rev. ST Accel. Beams, 14 , 050401 (2011)

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• "Supersonic jet formation and propagation in x-pinches"
  D.M. Haas, S.C. Bott, J. Kim, D.A. Mariscal, R.E. Madden, Y. Eshaq, U. Ueda, G. Collins IV, K. Gunasekera, F.N. Beg, J.P. Chittenden, N. Niasse, C.A. Jennings, Astrophys. Space Sci., DOI 10.1007/s10509-011-0599-8

 

• “Numerical study of jets produced by conical wire arrays on the Magpie pulsed power generator”
  M. Bocchi, J. P. Chittenden, A. Ciardi, F. Suzuki-Vidal, G. N. Hall, P. de Grouchy, S. V. Lebedev and S.C.Bott, Astrophys Space Sci., 336, 27 (2011)