Explosively produced megagauss fields and recent solid state applications

Conference · Thu Dec 30 23:00:00 EST 1993

OSTI ID:10124948

Fowler, C M; Freeman, B L; Hults, W L; King, J C; Mueller, F M; Rickel, D G; Smith, J L ^[1]; Brooks, J S; Goettee, J D ^[2]

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1. Los Alamos National Lab., NM (United States)
2. Boston Univ., MA (United States). Dept. of Physics

Large magnetic fields may be generated by compression of an initial magnetic flux generated over a large area at relatively low magnetic field into a region of smaller area. Following a discussion of flux compression principles, the authors discuss megagauss field systems in use at Los Alamos where chemical explosives are used to compress the flux. Their use in some solid state experiments will be discussed briefly, including a planned set of experiments on YBCO to be done jointly with a Russian team, whose aim is to determine the low temperature, critical magnetic field of YBCO.

• Research Organization: Los Alamos National Lab., NM (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-36
• OSTI ID: 10124948
• Report Number(s): LA-UR--93-3456; CONF-9311109--2; ON: DE94006790
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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