Numerical study of the propagation of ionization processes in an oxygen Z-pinch plasma
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- Title
- Numerical study of the propagation of ionization processes in an oxygen Z-pinch plasma
- Authors
- Kim, SH; Lee, KT; Kim, DE; Lee, TN
- Date Issued
- 1997-03
- Publisher
- AMER INST PHYSICS
- Abstract
- The dynamics of the ionization processes in an oxygen Z-pinch plasma has been numerically studied. Ionization balance equations incorporated in single-fluid magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) equations were solved. The focus was on the imploding phase before a shock wave was fully developed. It was shown that the propagation speed of an ionization stage is larger than the fluid speed. For example, the propagation speed of O III ionization stage is faster than the fluid speed at the position of the peak density of O III particles. The larger propagation speeds of ionization stages than the fluid speed result from the propagation of Joule heating power. (C) 1997 American Institute of Physics.
- URI
- https://oasis.postech.ac.kr/handle/2014.oak/12562
- DOI
- 10.1063/1.872167
- ISSN
- 1070-664X
- Article Type
- Article
- Citation
- PHYSICS OF PLASMAS, vol. 4, no. 3, page. 730 - 736, 1997-03
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