New developments and applications of intense pulsed radiation sources at Sandia National Laboratories

Conference · Sun Feb 01 04:00:00 EST 1998

OSTI ID:634116

Cook, D

In the past thirty-six months, tremendous strides have been made in x-ray production using high-current z-pinches. Today, the x-ray energy (1.9 MJ) and power (200 TW) output of the Z accelerator (formerly PBFA-II) is the largest available in the laboratory. These z-pinch x-ray sources are being developed for research into the physics of high energy density plasmas of interest in weapon behavior and in inertial confinement fusion. Beyond the Z accelerator current of 20 MA, an extrapolation to the X-1 accelerator level of 60 MA may have the potential to drive high-yield ICF reactions at affordable cost if several challenging technical problems can be overcome. New developments have also taken place at Sandia in the area of high current, mm-diameter electron beams for advanced hydrodynamic radiography. On SABRE, x-ray spot diameters were less than 2 mm with a dose of 100 R at 1 meter in a 40 ns pulse.

• Research Organization: Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Financial Management and Controller, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC04-94AL85000
• OSTI ID: 634116
• Report Number(s): SAND--98-0544C; CONF-9706113--; ON: DE98004138; BR: YN0100000
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

07 ISOTOPE AND RADIATION SOURCES
45 MILITARY TECHNOLOGY, WEAPONRY, AND NATIONAL DEFENSE
70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY
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INERTIAL CONFINEMENT
LINEAR Z PINCH DEVICES
NUCLEAR WEAPONS
PARTICLE BEAM FUSION ACCELERATOR
X-RAY SOURCES