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[en] The aim of the study was to reproduce a superalfvenic collisionless shock wave by using the Plasma Focus Facility as the plasma source.The experiments were performed on the PF-3 Facility (Plasma Focus Filippov-type) at an energy supply level of up to 1 MJ. At compression of the current-plasma sheet to an axis in the stage of plasma focus formation, cumulative plasma jets driven along the axis with a velocity of ∼107 cm/s were produced. This directed driving was achieved in the ambient plasma resulting from the working gas ionization by X-ray radiation of the plasma focus. A transversal magnetic field of up to 2500 G was created by a magnetic system based on rare-earth magnets. The experimental conditions made it possible to perform experiments with Alfven Mach number MA≥3. The experiments have shown that superalfvenic plasma jets with a plasma density of ∼5 x 1016 cm-3 and a velocity of ∼107 cm/s can be produced by plasma focus discharges at current levels of up to 3 MA. Compression of the magnetic field in the shock wave front and plasma jet deceleration were demonstrated
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SPPT'2000 - 19. symposium on 'Plasma physics and technology'; Prague (Czech Republic); 6-9 Jun 2000; 4 refs., 8 figs. Published in electronic form on CD-ROM enclosed with v. 50(8) of the journal
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Czechoslovak Journal of Physics; ISSN 0011-4626; ; v. 50(suppl.S3); p. 127-135
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