Energetic charged particle beams for disablement of mines
LLNL has an ongoing program of weapons disablement using energetic charged particle beams; this program combines theoretical and experimental expertise in accelerators, high-energy and nuclear physics, plasma physics and hydrodynamics to simulate/measure effects of electron and proton beams on weapons. This paper reviews work by LLNL, LANL and NSWC on detonating sensitive and insensitive high explosives and land mines using high-current electron beams. Computer simulations are given. 20--160 MeV electron beams incident on wet/dry soils are being studied, along with electron beam propagation in air. Compact high current, high energy accelerators are being developed for mine clearing. Countermine missions of interest are discussed. 25 refs., 9 figs.
- Research Organization:
- Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-48
- OSTI ID:
- 35326
- Report Number(s):
- UCRL-JC-120594; CONF-9505197-2; ON: DE95009669
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: Autonomous vehicles in mine countermeasures symposium, Monterey, CA (United States), 5 May 1995; Other Information: PBD: 27 Mar 1995
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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