Initial soft x-ray production experiments on RACE (Ring ACceleration Experiment)
Initial ring stagnation experiments on the Ring ACceleration Experiment (RACE) show photon fluences consistent with modeling (approximately a few kilojoules with h..nu.. > 10 eV) and an output time scale of the order of the shock heating time (5/minus/10 ..mu..s). In this report we describe the first experiments on soft x-ray production in the RACE device at LLNL. The RACE experiment is a coaxial accelerator of magnetically confined plasma rings (compact toroids) that produces plasma velocities in the range 10/sup 7/ /minus/ 3 /times/ 10/sup 8/ cm/s with directed kinetic energies from 4 to 40 kJ. RACE is a proof-of-principle scale device with the goal of demonstrating the feasibility of the compact-torus accelerator as a high-power density driver for many applications, including x-ray production. 3 refs., 4 figs., 2 tabs.
- Research Organization:
- Lawrence Livermore National Lab., CA (USA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-48
- OSTI ID:
- 6043274
- Report Number(s):
- UCID-21643; ON: DE89011341
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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