Pulsed power accelerators for particle beam fusion

Conference · Mon Dec 31 23:00:00 EST 1979

OSTI ID:5359981

Martin, T. H.; Barr, G. W.; VanDevender, J. P.; White, R. A.; Johnson, D. L.

Sandia National Laboratories is completing the construction phase of the Particle Beam Fusion Accelerator-I (PBFA-I). Testing of the 36 module, 30 TW, 1 MJ output accelerator is in the initial stages. The 4 MJ, PBFA Marx generator has provided 3.6 MA into water-copper sulfate load resistors with a spread from first to last Marx firing between 15 to 25 ns and an output power of 5.7 TW. This accelerator is a modular, lower voltage, pulsed power device that is capable of scaling to power levels exceeding 100 TW. The elements of the PBFA technology and their integration into an accelerator system for particle beam fusion will be discussed.

• Research Organization: Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC04-76DP00789
• OSTI ID: 5359981
• Report Number(s): SAND-80-0550C; CONF-800640-12
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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