Title :
A capsule review of three years of progress in the Sandia Z-pinch program
Author_Institution :
Sandia Nat. Labs., Albuquerque, NM, USA
Abstract :
Summary form only given. In May 1996 modifications began to the PBFA II accelerator at Sandia National Laboratories to produce fast (submicrosecond) plasma implosions, called z pinches, that are driven by intense magnetic fields (/spl sim/1000 Tesla) associated with the large (/spl sim/20 MA) axial currents. The modifications to the water lines, the insulator stack, and the self-magnetically-insulated transmission lines were completed in September 1996, and the first z-pinch-driven X-ray radiation source shot on the new facility occurred on October 2. Today the facility, renamed Z, is the most energetic source of laboratory X-rays and has led to what some have termed a "renaissance" in z pinches for inertial confinement fusion (ICF) and defense applications.
Keywords :
X-ray production; Z pinch; fusion reactor operation; fusion reactor theory; particle beam fusion accelerators; plasma inertial confinement; reviews; 1000 tesla; 20 MA; PBFA II accelerator; Sandia National Laboratories; Sandia Z-pinch program; defense applications; energetic source; inertial confinement fusion; insulator stack; intense magnetic fields; laboratory X-ray source; plasma implosion; self-magnetically-insulated transmission lines; water lines; z pinches; Accelerator magnets; Inertial confinement; Insulation; Laboratories; Magnetic fields; Plasma accelerators; Plasma sources; Plasma x-ray sources; Transmission lines; Water resources;
Conference_Titel :
Plasma Science, 1999. ICOPS '99. IEEE Conference Record - Abstracts. 1999 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Monterey, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5224-6
DOI :
10.1109/PLASMA.1999.829723
