Scaled Accelerator Test for the DARHT-II Downstream Transport System

Conference · Mon Oct 03 00:00:00 EDT 2005

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1109/PPC.2005.300779· OSTI ID:883584

Chen, Y; Blackfield, D T; Caporaso, G J; Guethlein, G; McCarrick, J F; Paul, A C; Watson, J A; Weir, J T

The second axis of the Dual Axial radiography Hydrodynamic Test (DARHT-II) facility at LANL is currently in the commissioning phase[1]. The beam parameters for the DARHT-II machine will be nominally 18 MeV, 2 kA and 1.6 {micro}s. This makes the DARHT-II downstream system the first system ever designed to transport a high current, high energy and long pulse beam [2]. We will test these physics issues of the downstream transport system on a scaled DARHT-II accelerator with a 7.8-MeV and 660-A beam at LANL before commissioning the machine at its full energy and current. The scaling laws for various physics concerns and the beam parameters selection is discussed in this paper.

• Research Organization: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-48
• OSTI ID: 883584
• Report Number(s): UCRL-CONF-215839
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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43 PARTICLE ACCELERATORS
ACCELERATORS
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SCALING LAWS
TRANSPORT