The Los Alamos foil implosion project

Conference · Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 1992

OSTI ID:10164938

Brownell, J H; Parker, J V; Bartsch, R R; Benage, J F; Bowers, R L; Cochrane, J C; Forman, P R; Goforth, J H; Greene, A E; Kruse, H W; Ladish, J S; Oona, H; Peterson, D L; Reinvosky, R E; Trainor, J R ^[1]; Roderick, N ^[2]; Turchi, P ^[3]

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1. Los Alamos National Lab., NM (United States)
2. New Mexico Univ., Albuquerque, NM (United States)
3. Ohio State Univ., Columbus, OH (United States)

The goal of the Los Alamos foil implosion project is to produce an intense (>100 TW), multi-megajoule, laboratory soft x-ray source for material studies and fusion experiments. The concept involves the implosion of annular, current-carrying, cylindrical metallic plasmas via their self-magnetic forces. The project features inductive storage systems using both capacitor banks and high explosive-driven flux compression generators as prime energy sources. Fast opening switches are employed to shorten the electrical pulses. The program will be described and activities to date will be summarized.

• 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: 10164938
• Report Number(s): LA-UR--92-1676; CONF-920515--30; ON: DE92017414
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY
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FOILS
HISTORICAL ASPECTS
IMPLOSIONS
INERTIAL CONFINEMENT DEVICES
MAGNETIC COMPRESSION
PLASMA SWITCHES
PULSE GENERATORS
SOFT X RADIATION
THERMONUCLEAR REACTIONS
X-RAY SOURCES