Title :
Long-implosion plasma radiation source development
Author :
Levine, John ; Coleman, Philip ; Failor, B. ; Kortbawi, D. ; LePell, D. ; Murphy, H. ; Riordan, James ; Roth, Ivan ; Schlitt, L. ; Sincerny, P. ; Stallings, C. ; Waisman, E. ; Whitton, B. ; Coverdale, C. ; Deeney, C. ; Jobe, D. ; McGurn, J. ; Struve, K. ;
Author_Institution :
Maxwell Phys. Int., San Leandro, CA
fDate :
6/20/1905 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
We have created large diameter, long implosion time, PRS loads that produce a stable pinch and a narrow X-ray pulse. Operation scaled successfully with current from 2 MA on DM2 to 6 MA on Saturn. The K-shell yields are comparable to those produced by short-pulse operation at a similar current. This approach, therefore, allows substantial savings to be realized in the pulsed-power driver cost, complexity and risk
Keywords :
Rayleigh-Taylor instability; X-ray production; Z pinch; 2 to 6 MA; K-shell yields; long-implosion plasma radiation source development; narrow X-ray pulse; pulsed-power driver cost; short-pulse operation; stable pinch; Job production systems; Laboratories; Physics; Plasma density; Plasma sources; Plasma temperature; Power generation; Switches; Weapons; X-rays;
Conference_Titel :
High-Power Particle Beams, 1998. BEAMS '98. Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Haifa
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-4287-9
DOI :
10.1109/BEAMS.1998.822396
