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Two dimensional RMHD modeling of effective ion temperatures in recent ZR argon experiments

Giuliani, J.L.; Thornhill, J.W.; Apruzese, J.P.; Jones, Brent M.; Harvey-Thompson, Adam J.; Ampleford, David A.; Dasgupta, A.; Jennings, C.A.; Hansen, S.B.; Moore, N.W.; Lamppa, D.C.; Coverdale, Christine A.; Cuneo, M.E.; Rochau, G.A.

Radiation magnetohydrodynamic r-z simulations are performed of recent Ar shots on the refurbished Z generator to examine the effective ion temperature as determined from the observed line width of the He-γ line. While many global radiation properties can be matched to experimental results, the Doppler shifts due to velocity gradients at stagnation cannot reproduce the large experimentally determined width corresponding to an effective ion temperature of 50 keV. Ion viscous heating or magnetic bubbles are considered, but understanding the width remains an unsolved challenge.