Imperial College London

ProfessorSimonBland

Faculty of Natural SciencesDepartment of Physics

Professor of Plasma Physics
 
 
 
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+44 (0)20 7594 7650sn.bland

 
 
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746Blackett LaboratorySouth Kensington Campus

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Summary

 

Publications

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Bott SC, Lebedev SV, Ampleford DJ, Bland SN, Chittenden JP, Ciardi A, Haines MG, Jennings C, Sherlock M, Hall G, Rapley J, Beg FN, Palmer Jet al., 2006, Dynamics of cylindrically converging precursor plasma flow in wire-array <i>Z</i>-pinch experiments, PHYSICAL REVIEW E, Vol: 74, ISSN: 1539-3755

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Ivanov VV, Sotnikov VI, Sarkisov GS, Cowan TE, Bland SN, Jones B, Coverdale CA, Deeney C, Laca PJ, Astanovitskiy AL, Haboub Aet al., 2006, Dynamics of mass transport and magnetic fields in low-wire-number-array <i>Z</i> pinches, PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS, Vol: 97, ISSN: 0031-9007

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Green JS, Bland SN, Collett M, Dangor AE, Krushelnick K, Beg FN, Ross Iet al., 2006, Effect of wire number on x-pinch discharges, APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS, Vol: 88, ISSN: 0003-6951

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Jones B, Garasi CJ, Ampleford DJ, Deeney C, Mehlhorn TA, Bland SN, Lebedev SV, Chittenden JP, Bott SC, Palmer JBA, Hall GN, Rapley Jet al., 2006, Measurement and modeling of the implosion of wire arrays with seeded instabilities, ISSN: 1070-664X

In order to study wire array Z-pinch instabilities, perturbations have been seeded by etching 15 μm diameter aluminum wires to introduce 20% modulations in radius with a controlled axial wavelength. These perturbations seed additional imploding structures that are studied experimentally on the 1 MA, 250 ns MAGPIE generator [S. V. Lebedev, Plasma Phys. Control. Fusion 47, A91 (2005)] and with three-dimensional magnetohydrodynamic calculations using the ALEGRA-HEDP [A. C. Robinson and C. J. Garasi, Comput. Phys. Commun. 164, 408 (2004)] and GORGON [J. P. Chittenden, Plasma Phys. Control. Fusion 46, B457 (2004)] codes. Simulations indicate that current path nonuniformity at discontinuities in the wire radius result in perturbation-induced magnetic bubble formation. Imploding bubbles originating from discontinuities are observed experimentally, and their collision on axis determines the start of the main x-ray pulse rise. These mechanisms likely govern dynamics of standard wire array Z pinches, and tailoring the profile of imploding mass may allow x-ray pulse shaping for inertial confinement fusion applications. © 2006 American Institute of Physics.

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Jones B, Garasi CJ, Ampleford DJ, Deeney C, Mehlhorn TA, Bland SN, Lebedev SV, Chittenden JP, Bott SC, Palmer JBA, Hall GN, Rapley Jet al., 2006, Measurement and modeling of the implosion of wire arrays with seeded instabilities, 47th Annual Meeting of the Division of Plasma Physics of the American-Physical-Society, Publisher: AIP Publishing, ISSN: 1070-664X

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Lebedev SV, Ampleford DJ, Bland SN, Bott SC, Hall GNet al., 2006, Recent wire array experiments on the MAGPIE generator, Dense Z-Pinches, Vol: 808, Pages: 69-72, ISSN: 0094-243X

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Jennings CA, Chittenden JP, Ciardi A, Sherlock M, Lebedev SV, Ampleford DJ, Bland SN, Bott SC, Hall G, Rapley Jet al., 2006, 3D resistive, radiative MHD modeling of z-pinches, Dense Z-Pinches, Vol: 808, Pages: 57-60, ISSN: 0094-243X

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Ampleford DJ, Lebedev SV, Chittenden JP, Bland SN, Bott SC, Hall GN, Palmer JBA, Rapley J, Kantsyrev VL, Safronova AS, Ivanov VV, Fedin DA, Laca PJ, Sotnikov VI, Yilmaz F, Ouart N, Nalajala V, Shrestha I, Pokala S, Jones B, Deeney C, Coverdale CA, Lepell PDet al., 2006, Implosion dynamics in conical wire array Z-pinches, Dense Z-Pinches, Vol: 808, Pages: 33-36, ISSN: 0094-243X

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Jones B, Deeney C, McKenney JL, Garasi CJ, Mehlhorn TA, Robinson AC, Wunsch SE, Coverdale CA, LePell PD, Bland SN, Lebedev SV, Chittenden JP, Bott SC, Ampleford DJ, Palmer JBA, Hall GN, Rapley J, Oliver BV, Safronova AS, Kantsyrev V, Ivanov VV, Sotnikov VI, Fedin D, Ouart N, Yilmaz F, Nalajala V, Pokala S, Shrestha Iet al., 2006, Seeded perturbations in wire array z-pinches, 6th International Conference on Dense Z-Pinches, Publisher: AMER INST PHYSICS, Pages: 61-+, ISSN: 0094-243X

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Hall GN, Pikuz SA, Shelkovenko TA, Bland SN, Lebedev SV, Ampleford DJ, Palmer JBA, Bott SC, Rapley J, Chittenden JPet al., 2006, Structure of stagnated plasma in aluminium wire array Z-pinches, Dense Z-Pinches, Vol: 808, Pages: 53-56, ISSN: 0094-243X

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Lebedev SV, Ampleford DJ, Bland SN, Bott SC, Hall GNet al., 2006, Recent wire array experiments on the MAGPIE generator, Dense Z-Pinches, Vol: 808, Pages: 69-72, ISSN: 0094-243X

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Bland SN, Lebedev SV, Hall GN, Ampleford DJ, Bott SC, Chittenden JP, Haines MG, Rapley J, Mitchell IH, Gomez JA, Hammer DA, Pikuz SA, Shelkovenko TAet al., 2006, The effect of wire initiation on array dynamics, Dense Z-Pinches, Vol: 808, Pages: 9-14, ISSN: 0094-243X

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Hall GN, Pikuz SA, Shelkovenko TA, Bland SN, Lebedev SV, Ampleford DJ, Palmer JBA, Bott SC, Rapley J, Chittenden JPet al., 2006, Structure of stagnated plasma in aluminium wire array Z-pinches, Dense Z-Pinches, Vol: 808, Pages: 53-56, ISSN: 0094-243X

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Hall GN, Pikuz SA, Shelkovenko TA, Bland SN, Lebedev SV, Ampleford DJ, Palmer JBA, Bott SC, Rapley J, Chittenden JPet al., 2006, Structure of stagnated plasma in aluminium wire array Z-pinches, Dense Z-Pinches, Vol: 808, Pages: 53-56, ISSN: 0094-243X

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Lebedev SV, Ciardi A, Ampleford D, Bland SN, Bott SC, Chittenden JP, Hall G, Rapley J, Frank A, Blackman EGet al., 2006, Laboratory experiments with supersonic radiatively cooled jets: Jet deflection via crosswinds and magnetic tower outflows, Superstrong Fields in Plasmas, Vol: 827, Pages: 329-340, ISSN: 0094-243X

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Bland SN, Lebedev SV, Hall GN, Ampleford DJ, Bott SC, Chittenden JP, Haines MG, Rapley J, Mitchell IH, Gomez JA, Hammer DA, Pikuz SA, Shelkovenko TAet al., 2006, The effect of wire initiation on array dynamics, Dense Z-Pinches, Vol: 808, Pages: 9-14, ISSN: 0094-243X

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Bott SC, Lebedev SV, Bland SN, Chittenden JP, Sherlock M, Haines MG, Ampleford DJ, Hall GN, Jennings CA, Palmer JBA, Rapley Jet al., 2006, Plasma ablation and precursor column formation in wire-array Z-pinches, Dense Z-Pinches, Vol: 808, Pages: 37-40, ISSN: 0094-243X

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Lebedev SV, Ciardi A, Ampleford D, Bland SN, Bott SC, Chittenden JP, Hall G, Rapley J, Frank A, Blackman EGet al., 2006, Laboratory experiments with supersonic radiatively cooled jets: Jet deflection via crosswinds and magnetic tower outflows, Superstrong Fields in Plasmas, Vol: 827, Pages: 329-340, ISSN: 0094-243X

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Calamy H, Hamann F, Lassalle F, Bayol F, Mangeant C, Morell A, Huet D, Bedoch JP, Chittenden JP, Lebedev SV, Jennings CA, Bland SNet al., 2006, Wire array Z-pinches on SPHINX machine: Experimental results and relevant points of microsecond implosion physics, 6th International Conference on Dense Z-Pinches, Publisher: AMER INST PHYSICS, Pages: 15-+, ISSN: 0094-243X

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Bott SC, Lebedev SV, Bland SN, Chittenden JP, Sherlock M, Haines MG, Ampleford DJ, Hall GN, Jennings CA, Palmer JBA, Rapley Jet al., 2006, Plasma ablation and precursor column formation in wire-array Z-pinches, Dense Z-Pinches, Vol: 808, Pages: 37-40, ISSN: 0094-243X

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Lebedev SV, Ciardi A, Ampleford DJ, Bland SN, Bott SC, Chittenden JP, Hall GN, Rapley J, Jennings C, Sherlock M, Frank A, Blackman EGet al., 2005, Production of radiatively cooled hypersonic plasma jets and links to astrophysical jets, 32nd European-Physical-Society Conference on Plasma Physics, Publisher: IOP PUBLISHING LTD, Pages: B465-B479, ISSN: 0741-3335

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Jones B, Deeney C, McKenney JL, Garasi CJ, Mehlhorn TA, Robinson AC, Wunsch SE, Bland SN, Lebedev SV, Chittenden JP, Bott SC, Ampleford DJ, Palmer JBA, Rapley J, Hall GN, Oliver BVet al., 2005, Study of three-dimensional structure in wire-array <i>z</i> pinches by controlled seeding of axial modulations in wire radius -: art. no. 225001, PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS, Vol: 95, ISSN: 0031-9007

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Bland SN, Lebedev SV, Chittenden JP, Ampleford DJ, Bott SC, Gómez JA, Haines MG, Hall GN, Hammer DA, Mitchell IH, Palmer JBAet al., 2005, Effect of radial-electric-field polarity on wire-array Z-pinch dynamics -: art. no. 135001, PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS, Vol: 95, ISSN: 0031-9007

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Lebedev SV, Ciardi A, Ampleford DJ, Bland SN, Bott SC, Chittenden JP, Hall GN, Rapley J, Jennings CA, Frank A, Blackman EG, Lery Tet al., 2005, Magnetic tower outflows from a radial wire array Z-pinch, MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY, Vol: 361, Pages: 97-108, ISSN: 0035-8711

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Ciardi A, Lebedev SV, Chittenden JP, Ampleford DJ, Bland SN, Bott BS, Rapley Jet al., 2005, Modeling magnetic tower jets in the laboratory, 5th International Conference on High Energy Density Laboratory Astrophysics, Publisher: SPRINGER, Pages: 277-286, ISSN: 0004-640X

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Ampleford DJ, Lebedev SV, Ciardi A, Bland SN, Bott SC, Chittenden JP, Hall G, Jennings CA, Armitage J, Blyth G, Christie S, Rutland Let al., 2005, Formation of working surfaces in radiatively cooled laboratory jets, 5th International Conference on High Energy Density Laboratory Astrophysics, Publisher: SPRINGER, Pages: 241-246, ISSN: 0004-640X

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Frank A, Blackman EG, Cunningham A, Lebedev SV, Ampleford D, Ciardi A, Bland SN, Chittenden JP, Haines MGet al., 2005, A HED laboratory astrophysics testbed comes of age: JET deflection via cross winds, 5th International Conference on High Energy Density Laboratory Astrophysics, Publisher: SPRINGER, Pages: 107-114, ISSN: 0004-640X

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Lebedev SV, Ampleford DJ, Bland SN, Bott SC, Chittenden JP, Goyer J, Jennings C, Haines MG, Hall GN, Hammer DA, Palmer JBA, Pikuz SA, Shelkovenko TA, Christoudias Tet al., 2005, Physics of wire array Z-pinch implosions: experiments at Imperial College, 12th International Congress on Plasma Physics (ICPP2004), Publisher: IOP PUBLISHING LTD, Pages: A91-A108, ISSN: 0741-3335

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Lebedev SV, Ampleford DJ, Bland SN, Bott S, Chittenden JP, Ciardi A, Jennings C, Haines MG, Hall G, Palmer JBA, Rapley Jet al., 2004, Plasma Dynamics in Radial Wire Array Z-Pinches, ISSN: 0730-9244

We describe experiments on the MAGPIE facility (1MA, 250ns) with radial wire array z-pinches, in which the wires form a wheel-spoke configuration. Variation of the global magnetic field and the corresponding J×B force along the wires in this configuration allows studying an effect of the global magnetic field on the ablation rate of the wires. The knowledge of the scaling of the ablation rate is important for interpretation of the dynamics of wire array z-pinch plasma radiation sources. The parameters of the coronal plasma, which is pushed away from the wire cores by the J×B force, were measured using laser interferometry, X-ray and XUV imaging. The complete ablation of the wires near the inner electrode, where the ablation rate is the highest, triggers an axial acceleration of the plasma. This leads to formation of plasma configuration similar to a plasma focus and generation of the X-ray pulse. The results of the experiments with tungsten and aluminium radial wire arrays will be presented.

Conference paper

Lebedev SV, Ampleford D, Ciardi A, Bland SN, Chittenden JP, Haines MG, Frank A, Blackman EG, Cunningham Aet al., 2004, Jet deflection via crosswinds: Laboratory astrophysical studies, ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL, Vol: 616, Pages: 988-997, ISSN: 0004-637X

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