Strong Shock Wave Heating to Fusion Temperatures in Strong Magnetic Field

摘要

A two-temperature, one-dimensional magnetohydrodynamic model of a collision-dominated plasma with anisotropic transport properties is used to determine the shock structure and MHD piston dynamics for shock wave heating in hydrogen. Ions are heated preferentially in such shocks and in the special case of antiparallel magnetic fields intense ion heating is also found in the MHD piston region. Computations for coaxial electromagnetic shock tube conditions and for the initial stages of belt pinch heating are compared to recent experimental observations. The possible application of this model to solid density plasmas is also discussed.