Foil implosion studies on PEGASUS

Conference · Sun Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1989

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1109/PPC.1989.767655· OSTI ID:6061511

Cochrane, J C; Bartsch, R R; Begay, F; Kruse, H W; Oona, H; Parker, J V; Turchi, P J

PEGASUS is a 1.5 MJ capacitor bank facility used in the Los Alamos Trailmaster foil implosion program. The experiments on this facility are to serve as a diagnostic testbed and foil physics benchmark for foil implosions with explosive generators as drivers. During the first year of operation, foil implosions have been driven by discharging the bank directly into a very thin Aluminum 2500 /angstrom/ thick free-standing foil without any pulse sharpening techniques; so-called ''direct drive.''These direct drive experiments have served as initial tests to optimize bank performance and foil implosion experimental techniques. The results to date are presented below. 1 ref., 2 figs.

• Research Organization: Los Alamos National Lab., NM (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-36
• OSTI ID: 6061511
• Report Number(s): LA-UR-89-1967; CONF-890665-28; ON: DE89014255
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

656002* -- Condensed Matter Physics-- General Techniques in Condensed Matter-- (1987-)
75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS
SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY
CAPACITORS
ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT
ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT
EQUIPMENT
EXPLOSIVES
FOILS
FUNCTION GENERATORS
IMPLOSIONS
PLASMA SWITCHES
PULSE GENERATORS
SWITCHES