Application Of Railgun Principle To High Velocity Hydrogen Pellet Injection For Magnetic Fusion Reactor Refueling

Application of Railgun Principle to High-velocity Hydrogen Pellet Injection for Magnetic Fusion Reactor Refueling

This report contains three documents describing the progress made by the University of Illinois electromagnetic railgun program sponsored by the Office of Fusion Energy of the United States Department of Energy during the period from July 16, 1990 to August 16, 1991. The first document contains a brief summary of the tasks initiated, continued, or completed, the status of major tasks, and the research effort distribution, estimated and actual, during the period. The second document contains a description of the work performed on time resolved laser interferometric density measurement of the railgun plasma-arc armature. The third document is an account of research on the spectroscopic measurement of the electron density and temperature of the railgun plasma arc.

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