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Title: Conceptual design of a 10 13 -W pulsed-power accelerator for megajoule-class dynamic-material-physics experiments

Abstract

In this study, we have developed a conceptual design of a next-generation pulsed-power accelerator that is optmized for driving megajoule-class dynamic-material-physics experiments at pressures as high as 1 TPa. The design is based on an accelerator architecture that is founded on three concepts: single-stage electrical-pulse compression, impedance matching, and transit-time-isolated drive circuits. Since much of the accelerator is water insulated, we refer to this machine as Neptune. The prime power source of Neptune consists of 600 independent impedance-matched Marx generators. As much as 0.8 MJ and 20 MA can be delivered in a 300-ns pulse to a 16-mΩ physics load; hence Neptune is a megajoule-class 20-MA arbitrary waveform generator. Neptune will allow the international scientific community to conduct dynamic equation-of-state, phase-transition, mechanical-property, and other material-physics experiments with a wide variety of well-defined drive-pressure time histories. Because Neptune can deliver on the order of a megajoule to a load, such experiments can be conducted on centimeter-scale samples at terapascal pressures with time histories as long as 1 μs.

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Research Org.:
Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
OSTI Identifier:
1260860
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1248573
Report Number(s):
SAND-2016-0449J
Journal ID: ISSN 2469-9888; PRABFM; 070401
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC04-94AL85000
Resource Type:
Journal Article: Published Article
Journal Name:
Physical Review Accelerators and Beams
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Name: Physical Review Accelerators and Beams Journal Volume: 19 Journal Issue: 7; Journal ID: ISSN 2469-9888
Publisher:
American Physical Society
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
43 PARTICLE ACCELERATORS

Citation Formats

Stygar, W. A., Reisman, D. B., Stoltzfus, B. S., Austin, K. N., Ao, T., Benage, J. F., Breden, E. W., Cooper, R. A., Cuneo, M. E., Davis, J. -P., Ennis, J. B., Gard, P. D., Greiser, G. W., Gruner, F. R., Haill, T. A., Hutsel, B. T., Jones, P. A., LeChien, K. R., Leckbee, J. J., Lewis, S. A., Lucero, D. J., McKee, G. R., Moore, J. K., Mulville, T. D., Muron, D. J., Root, S., Savage, M. E., Sceiford, M. E., Spielman, R. B., Waisman, E. M., and Wisher, M. L. Conceptual design of a 10 13 -W pulsed-power accelerator for megajoule-class dynamic-material-physics experiments. United States: N. p., 2016. Web. doi:10.1103/PhysRevAccelBeams.19.070401.
Stygar, W. A., Reisman, D. B., Stoltzfus, B. S., Austin, K. N., Ao, T., Benage, J. F., Breden, E. W., Cooper, R. A., Cuneo, M. E., Davis, J. -P., Ennis, J. B., Gard, P. D., Greiser, G. W., Gruner, F. R., Haill, T. A., Hutsel, B. T., Jones, P. A., LeChien, K. R., Leckbee, J. J., Lewis, S. A., Lucero, D. J., McKee, G. R., Moore, J. K., Mulville, T. D., Muron, D. J., Root, S., Savage, M. E., Sceiford, M. E., Spielman, R. B., Waisman, E. M., & Wisher, M. L. Conceptual design of a 10 13 -W pulsed-power accelerator for megajoule-class dynamic-material-physics experiments. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevAccelBeams.19.070401
Stygar, W. A., Reisman, D. B., Stoltzfus, B. S., Austin, K. N., Ao, T., Benage, J. F., Breden, E. W., Cooper, R. A., Cuneo, M. E., Davis, J. -P., Ennis, J. B., Gard, P. D., Greiser, G. W., Gruner, F. R., Haill, T. A., Hutsel, B. T., Jones, P. A., LeChien, K. R., Leckbee, J. J., Lewis, S. A., Lucero, D. J., McKee, G. R., Moore, J. K., Mulville, T. D., Muron, D. J., Root, S., Savage, M. E., Sceiford, M. E., Spielman, R. B., Waisman, E. M., and Wisher, M. L. 2016. "Conceptual design of a 10 13 -W pulsed-power accelerator for megajoule-class dynamic-material-physics experiments". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevAccelBeams.19.070401.
@article{osti_1260860,
title = {Conceptual design of a 10 13 -W pulsed-power accelerator for megajoule-class dynamic-material-physics experiments},
author = {Stygar, W. A. and Reisman, D. B. and Stoltzfus, B. S. and Austin, K. N. and Ao, T. and Benage, J. F. and Breden, E. W. and Cooper, R. A. and Cuneo, M. E. and Davis, J. -P. and Ennis, J. B. and Gard, P. D. and Greiser, G. W. and Gruner, F. R. and Haill, T. A. and Hutsel, B. T. and Jones, P. A. and LeChien, K. R. and Leckbee, J. J. and Lewis, S. A. and Lucero, D. J. and McKee, G. R. and Moore, J. K. and Mulville, T. D. and Muron, D. J. and Root, S. and Savage, M. E. and Sceiford, M. E. and Spielman, R. B. and Waisman, E. M. and Wisher, M. L.},
abstractNote = {In this study, we have developed a conceptual design of a next-generation pulsed-power accelerator that is optmized for driving megajoule-class dynamic-material-physics experiments at pressures as high as 1 TPa. The design is based on an accelerator architecture that is founded on three concepts: single-stage electrical-pulse compression, impedance matching, and transit-time-isolated drive circuits. Since much of the accelerator is water insulated, we refer to this machine as Neptune. The prime power source of Neptune consists of 600 independent impedance-matched Marx generators. As much as 0.8 MJ and 20 MA can be delivered in a 300-ns pulse to a 16-mΩ physics load; hence Neptune is a megajoule-class 20-MA arbitrary waveform generator. Neptune will allow the international scientific community to conduct dynamic equation-of-state, phase-transition, mechanical-property, and other material-physics experiments with a wide variety of well-defined drive-pressure time histories. Because Neptune can deliver on the order of a megajoule to a load, such experiments can be conducted on centimeter-scale samples at terapascal pressures with time histories as long as 1 μs.},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevAccelBeams.19.070401},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1260860}, journal = {Physical Review Accelerators and Beams},
issn = {2469-9888},
number = 7,
volume = 19,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu Jul 07 00:00:00 EDT 2016},
month = {Thu Jul 07 00:00:00 EDT 2016}
}

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