Aurora oil switch upgrade program
This report describes the short pulse synchronization requirements, the original Aurora trigger scheme, and the PI/SNLA approach to improving the synchronization. It also describes the oil switching design study undertaken as the first phase of the program. A discussion of oil-switch closure analysis and the conceptual design motivated by this analysis are presented. This paper also describes the oil-switch trigger pulser tests required to validate the concept. This includes the design of the testing facility, a description of the test goals, and a discussion of the results. This paper finally describes oil-switch trigger pulser testing on one of the four Aurora Blumlein modules, which includes the hardware design and operation, the testing goals, hardware installation, and test results. 9 refs., 26 figs.
- Research Organization:
- Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM (USA); Physics International Co., San Leandro, CA (USA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC04-76DP00789
- OSTI ID:
- 5757599
- Report Number(s):
- SAND-89-7073; ON: DE89015192
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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