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Title: Plasma and electrical diagnostics for Procyon experiments

Abstract

The aim of the Trailmaster series of experiments is to generate an intense source of soft x-rays by imploding a thin (2000 {Angstrom}) aluminum cylinder. The present scheme incorporates a plasma flow switch for the final pulse shaping and requires careful diagnostic analysis. The emphasis of this work is to transfer the energy to the load area and to understand the dynamics of the plasma flow switch. The experiments are carried out at LANL in two facilities. Laboratory experiments that answer questions about the details of the plasma flow switch are done on the 1.5-MJ Pegasus capacitor bank. The higher energy experiments (Procyon series) utilize explosive pulsed power systems and are conducted at the Ancho Canyon firing site. It is the latter set of experiments that will eventually supply an x-ray radiation source at the megajoule level. At the present time, the emphasis of the Procyon experiments is to deliver energy from the generator to the plasma flow switch and the load area. The details of these experiments are given in other papers at this conference. In order to characterize these experiments one needs to diagnose the driver performance and the dynamics of the plasma and power flow in themore » plasma flow switch region. The difficulty of experiments in which high current high voltage, and high explosive are combined, leads to severe problems. Many of the diagnostics are unique and untested. Since only a limited number of experiments are done during a year, the effort is to maximize the information per shot. The aim in this report is to present some of the diagnostic techniques used in the adverse Trailmaster environment. 8 refs., 10 figs.« less

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Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
OSTI Identifier:
5710876
Report Number(s):
LA-UR-91-2007; CONF-910640-10
ON: DE91014736
DOE Contract Number:  
W-7405-ENG-36
Resource Type:
Conference
Resource Relation:
Conference: 8. IEEE pulsed power conference, San Diego, CA (United States), 17-19 Jun 1991
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
07 ISOTOPES AND RADIATION SOURCES; 42 ENGINEERING; PLASMA GUNS; ENERGY TRANSFER; PLASMA SWITCHES; DYNAMICS; ALUMINIUM; CYLINDERS; IMPLOSIONS; X-RAY SOURCES; ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT; ELEMENTS; EQUIPMENT; MECHANICS; METALS; RADIATION SOURCES; SWITCHES; X-RAY EQUIPMENT; 070200* - Radiation Sources; 426000 - Engineering- Components, Electron Devices & Circuits- (1990-)

Citation Formats

Oona, H, Anderson, B G, Cochrane, J C, Findley, C E, Goforth, J H, Greene, A E, Kruse, H W, Parker, J V, and Rickel, D G. Plasma and electrical diagnostics for Procyon experiments. United States: N. p., 1991. Web. doi:10.1109/PPC.1991.733362.
Oona, H, Anderson, B G, Cochrane, J C, Findley, C E, Goforth, J H, Greene, A E, Kruse, H W, Parker, J V, & Rickel, D G. Plasma and electrical diagnostics for Procyon experiments. United States. https://doi.org/10.1109/PPC.1991.733362
Oona, H, Anderson, B G, Cochrane, J C, Findley, C E, Goforth, J H, Greene, A E, Kruse, H W, Parker, J V, and Rickel, D G. 1991. "Plasma and electrical diagnostics for Procyon experiments". United States. https://doi.org/10.1109/PPC.1991.733362. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/5710876.
@article{osti_5710876,
title = {Plasma and electrical diagnostics for Procyon experiments},
author = {Oona, H and Anderson, B G and Cochrane, J C and Findley, C E and Goforth, J H and Greene, A E and Kruse, H W and Parker, J V and Rickel, D G},
abstractNote = {The aim of the Trailmaster series of experiments is to generate an intense source of soft x-rays by imploding a thin (2000 {Angstrom}) aluminum cylinder. The present scheme incorporates a plasma flow switch for the final pulse shaping and requires careful diagnostic analysis. The emphasis of this work is to transfer the energy to the load area and to understand the dynamics of the plasma flow switch. The experiments are carried out at LANL in two facilities. Laboratory experiments that answer questions about the details of the plasma flow switch are done on the 1.5-MJ Pegasus capacitor bank. The higher energy experiments (Procyon series) utilize explosive pulsed power systems and are conducted at the Ancho Canyon firing site. It is the latter set of experiments that will eventually supply an x-ray radiation source at the megajoule level. At the present time, the emphasis of the Procyon experiments is to deliver energy from the generator to the plasma flow switch and the load area. The details of these experiments are given in other papers at this conference. In order to characterize these experiments one needs to diagnose the driver performance and the dynamics of the plasma and power flow in the plasma flow switch region. The difficulty of experiments in which high current high voltage, and high explosive are combined, leads to severe problems. Many of the diagnostics are unique and untested. Since only a limited number of experiments are done during a year, the effort is to maximize the information per shot. The aim in this report is to present some of the diagnostic techniques used in the adverse Trailmaster environment. 8 refs., 10 figs.},
doi = {10.1109/PPC.1991.733362},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/5710876}, journal = {},
number = ,
volume = ,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1991},
month = {Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1991}
}

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