@article{Bennett:2015:10.1016/j.hedp.2015.02.001,
author = {Bennett, MJ and Lebedev, SV and Hall, GN and Suttle, L and Burdiak, G and Suzuki-Vidal, F and Hare, J and Swadling, G and Patankar, S and Bocchi, M and Chittenden, JP and Smith, R and Frank, A and Blackman, E and Drake, RP and Ciardi, A},
doi = {10.1016/j.hedp.2015.02.001},
journal = {High Energy Density Physics},
pages = {63--67},
title = {Formation of radiatively cooled, supersonically rotating, plasma flows in Z-pinch experiments: Towards the development of an experimental platform to study accretion disk physics in the laboratory},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.hedp.2015.02.001},
volume = {17},
year = {2015}
}

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TY  - JOUR
AB  - We present data from the first Z-pinch experiments aiming to simulate aspects of accretion disk physics in the laboratory. Using off axis ablation flows from a wire array z-pinch we demonstrate the formation of a supersonically (M ∼ 2) rotating hollow plasma cylinder of height ∼4 mm and radius 2 mm. Using a combination of diagnostics we measure the rotation speed (∼60 kms−1), electron density (1019 cm−3), ion temperature (Ti ∼ 60 eV) and the product of electron temperature and average ionisation (ZTe ∼ 150 to 200 eV). Using these parameters we calculate the Reynolds number for the plasma on the order 105 and magnetic Reynolds number as 10 – 100. The plasma flow is maintained for 150 ns, corresponding to one rotation period, which should allow for studying fast instabilities which develop on this time-scale.
AU  - Bennett,MJ
AU  - Lebedev,SV
AU  - Hall,GN
AU  - Suttle,L
AU  - Burdiak,G
AU  - Suzuki-Vidal,F
AU  - Hare,J
AU  - Swadling,G
AU  - Patankar,S
AU  - Bocchi,M
AU  - Chittenden,JP
AU  - Smith,R
AU  - Frank,A
AU  - Blackman,E
AU  - Drake,RP
AU  - Ciardi,A
DO  - 10.1016/j.hedp.2015.02.001
EP  - 67
PY  - 2015///
SN  - 1878-0563
SP  - 63
TI  - Formation of radiatively cooled, supersonically rotating, plasma flows in Z-pinch experiments: Towards the development of an experimental platform to study accretion disk physics in the laboratory
T2  - High Energy Density Physics
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.hedp.2015.02.001
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/29221
VL  - 17
ER  - 

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