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D. J. Ampleford

Researcher at Sandia National Laboratories

Publications -  147
Citations -  2272

D. J. Ampleford is an academic researcher from Sandia National Laboratories. The author has contributed to research in topics: Z-pinch & Implosion. The author has an hindex of 23, co-authored 134 publications receiving 1865 citations.

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The evolution of Magnetic Tower Jets in the Laboratory

TL;DR: In this article, the evolution of laboratory produced magnetic jets is followed numerically through three-dimensional, nonideal magnetohydrodynamic simulations, designed to study the interaction of a purely toroidal field with an extended plasma background medium, and the system is observed to evolve into a structure consisting of an approximately cylindrical magnetic cavity with an embedded magnetically confined jet on its axis.
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Magnetic Tower Outflows from a Radial Wire Array Z-pinch

TL;DR: In this paper, the MAGPIE pulsed power machine was used to explore the role of magnetic pressure in creating and collimating the outflow as well as showing the creation of a central jet within the broader outflow cavity.
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Review of pulsed power-driven high energy density physics research on Z at Sandia

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- 08 Jul 2020 - 
TL;DR: The 80-TW "Z" pulsed power facility at Sandia National Laboratories as discussed by the authors is the largest pulsed-power device in the world today, and it can discharge up to 22'MJ of energy stored in its capacitor banks into a current pulse that rises in 100'ns and peaks at a current as high as 30 MA in low-inductance cylindrical targets.
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Jet Deflection via Cross winds: Laboratory Astrophysical Studies

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present new data from High Energy Density (HED) laboratory experiments designed to explore the interaction of a heavy hypersonic radiative jet with a cross wind, showing that the jets are deflected by the action of the cross wind with the angle of deflection dependent on the proximity of the foil.