Design and Testing of a Load Current Multiplier on Zebra Facility

Journal Article · Wed Jan 21 00:00:00 EST 2009 · AIP Conference Proceedings

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3079741· OSTI ID:21255351

Chuvatin, A S ^[1]; Kantsyrev, V L; Astanovitskiy, A L; Presura, R; Safronova, A S; Esaulov, A A; Cline, W; Williamson, K M; Shrestha, I; Yilmaz, M F; Osborne, G C; Weller, M; Jarrett, T; LeGalloudec, B; Nalajala, V ^[2]; Rudakov, L I ^[3]; Cuneo, M E; Pointon, T D; Mikkelson, K A ^[4]

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1. Laboratoire de Physique et Technologie des Plasmas, Ecole Polytechnique, Palaiseau, 91128 France (France)
2. University of Nevada, Reno, NV 89557 (United States)
3. Icarus Research Inc., Bhethesda, MD 20824 (United States)
4. Sandia NationalLaboratories, Albuquerque, NM 87185 (United States)

The Load Current Multiplier concept (LCM) was validated for the first time on a high-voltage nanosecond pulse-power generator. The designed new device allowed to increase the load current from the nominal 0.8-0.9 MA up to 1.6 MA in static loads with constant inductance and up to 1.4 MA in a planar wire-array plasma loads. These results were achieved without modifying the generator energetic or architecture. LCM allowed both the load magnetic energy increase and the increase of soft X-ray radiation from z-pinch plasmas.

• OSTI ID: 21255351
• Journal Information: AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 1088, Issue 1; Conference: 7. international conference on dense Z-pinches, Alexandria, VA (United States), 12-21 Aug 2008; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.3079741; (c) 2009 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0094-243X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS
GENERAL PHYSICS
46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY
ELECTRIC POTENTIAL
EQUIPMENT
INDUCTANCE
MAGNETIC FIELDS
PLASMA
PULSES
SOFT X RADIATION
STATIC LOADS
WIRES
X-RAY SPECTRA