Recent development work on PIM : a Blumlein driven IVA machine.

Conference · Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 2003

OSTI ID:1005038

Phillips, Martin J ^[1]; Sinclair, Mark A ^[1]; Williamson, Mark C ^[1]; Clough, Stephen G ^[1]; Thomas, Kenneth J ^[1]; Smith, Ian Douglas ^[2]; Bailey, Vernon Leslie ^[2]; Johnson, David Lee ^[2]; Corcoran, Patrick Allen ^[2]; Kishi, Hiroshi J ^[2]; Maenchen, John Eric

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1. AWE Aldermaston UK
2. Titan Pulse Sciences Division, San Leandro, CA

An IVA (inductive voltage adder) research programme at AWE began with the construction of a small scale IVA test bed named LINX and progressed to building PIM (Prototype IVA Module). The work on PIM is geared towards furnishing AWE with a range of machines operating at 1 to 4 MV that may eventually supersede, with an upgrade in performance, existing machines operating in that voltage range. PIM has a water dielectric Blumlein of 10 ohms charged by a Marx generator. This has been used to drive either one or two 1.5 MV inductive cavities and fitting a third cavity may be attempted in the future. The latest two cavity configuration is shown which requires a split oil coax to connect the two cavities in parallel. It also has a laser triggering system for initiating the Blumlein and the prepulse reduction system fitted to the output of the Blumlein. A short MITL (magnetically insulated transmission line) connects the cavities, via a vacuum pumping section, to a chamber containing an e-beam diode test load.

• Research Organization: Sandia National Laboratories
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: AC04-94AL85000
• OSTI ID: 1005038
• Report Number(s): SAND2003-3172C
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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