| Content Provider |
IEEE Xplore Digital Library |
| Author |
Stygar, W. Bailey, J. Bennett, N. Clark, R. Cooper, R. Cuneo, M. Ennis, J. Flicker, D. Focia, R. Fowler, W. Genoni, T. Goerz, D. Gomez, M. Gruner, F. Harmon, R. Herrmann, M. Huber, D. Hutsel, B. Jones, M. LeChien, K. Leeper, R. Lewis, S. Long, F. Lopez, M. Lucero, D. Madrid, E. Matzen, K. Mazarakis, M. McKee, R. Miller, C. Mostrom, C. Nakhleh, C. Porter, J. Reisman, D. Rochau, G. Rose, D. Schwarz, J. Savage, M. Sefkow, A. Sinars, D. Stoltzfus, B. Vesey, R. Welch, D. Woodworth, J. |
| Copyright Year |
2013 |
| Description |
Author affiliation: Kinetech, LLC, Cedar Crest, NM, USA (Gruner, F.) || Gen. Atomics, San Diego, CA, USA (Cooper, R.; Ennis, J.) || Lawrence Livermore Nat. Lab., Livermore, CA, USA (Goerz, D.; Reisman, D.) || Nat. Nucl. Security Admin., Washington, DC, USA (LeChien, K.) || Sandia Nat. Labs., Albuquerque, NM, USA (Stygar, W.; Bailey, J.; Cuneo, M.; Flicker, D.; Focia, R.; Fowler, W.; Gomez, M.; Harmon, R.; Herrmann, M.; Huber, D.; Hutsel, B.; Jones, M.; Leeper, R.; Lewis, S.; Long, F.; Lopez, M.; Lucero, D.; Matzen, K.; Mazarakis, M.; McKee, R.; Nakhleh, C.; Porter, J.; Rochau, G.; Schwarz, J.; Savage, M.; Sefkow, A.; Sinars, D.; Stoltzfus, B.; Vesey, R.; Woodworth, J.) || Voss Sci., LLC, Albuquerque, NM, USA (Bennett, N.; Clark, R.; Genoni, T.; Madrid, E.; Miller, C.; Mostrom, C.; Rose, D.; Welch, D.) |
| Abstract |
We have developed conceptual designs of two next-generation petawatt-class pulsed-power accelerators. The designs are based on the architecture described in Ref. [1]. The prime power source of both designs is a system of lineartransformer drivers (LTDs) [2,3]. Both designs use six water-insulated radial-transmission-line impedance transformers [1,4,5] to transport the power generated by the LTDs to a six-level vacuum-insulator stack. The stack is connected to six radial magnetically insulated transmission lines (MITLs); the MITLs are joined in parallel at small radius by a triple-post-hole vacuum convolute [6-9]. The convolute delivers the combined power of the six MITLs to a single short MITL that transmits the power to the load. The first accelerator will generate a peak electrical power of 300 TW, and deliver an effective peak current of 50 MA to a z pinch that implodes in 130 ns. This accelerator is 35 m in diameter, and will fit within the existing Z-accelerator building. The second, which is 52 m in diameter, will generate 800 TW, and deliver an effective peak current of 66 MA to a pinch that implodes in 120 ns. Both accelerators will allow high-energy-density physics experiments to be conducted over heretofore inaccessible parameter regimes. |
| Starting Page |
1 |
| Ending Page |
1 |
| File Size |
114789 |
| Page Count |
1 |
| File Format |
PDF |
| ISBN |
9781467351713 |
| ISSN |
07309244 |
| DOI |
10.1109/PLASMA.2013.6633456 |
| Language |
English |
| Publisher |
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE) |
| Publisher Date |
2013-06-16 |
| Publisher Place |
USA |
| Access Restriction |
Subscribed |
| Rights Holder |
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE) |
| Subject Keyword |
Laboratories Security Power transformer insulation Impedance Power transmission lines Buildings Physics |
| Content Type |
Text |
| Resource Type |
Article |
| Subject |
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics Condensed Matter Physics Electrical and Electronic Engineering |
