Dynamics of the magnetically-injected plasma source on the particle beam fusion accelerator PBFA II

Author

Sweeney, M.A. ; Frese, Michael H. ; Watrous, J.J.

Author_Institution

Sandia Nat. Lab., Albuquerque, NM, USA

fYear

1993

fDate

7-9 June 1993

Firstpage

111

Abstract

Summary form only given. Two switches used on the PBFA II accelerator, the magnetically-injected-plasma (MIP) opening switch and the current-toggled (CT) opening switch, are examined. Simulations of the dynamics of all plasma injection process were carried out using the 2-1/2-dimensional magnetohydrodynamic code MACH2. MACH2 simulations of the injected plasma distribution in the actual experimental geometry have been compared with recent microwave interferometry measurements of the electron density in the anode-cathode gap.

Keywords

plasma production; 2-1/2-dimensional magnetohydrodynamic code MACH2; PBFA II; anode-cathode gap; current-toggled opening switch; electron density; magnetically-injected plasma source; microwave interferometry; opening switch; particle beam fusion accelerator; Accelerator magnets; Magnetic switching; Magnetohydrodynamics; Particle accelerators; Plasma accelerators; Plasma density; Plasma measurements; Plasma simulation; Plasma sources; Switches;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Plasma Science, 1993. IEEE Conference Record - Abstracts., 1993 IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Vancouver, BC, Canada

ISSN

0730-9244

Print_ISBN

0-7803-1360-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PLASMA.1993.593123

Filename

593123