Structure of the Current at Electric Explosion of Thin Conductors

Abstract

The results of experiments on measuring the magnetic field from the azimuthal component of the current during the explosion of thin wires in high-current generators are presented. The discharge was excited by high-voltage pulses of 20 kV, 500 ns, with current up to 8 kA. Laser, X-ray tenegrams from other similar experiments are given. An assumption is made that the appearance of strata in such discharges is caused by the appearance of the spiral component of the current in the discharge, which leads to the splitting of the plasma column of the discharge into strata under the action of the Ampere forces between the resulting current coils.