Title :
Design of the 10.5 MV, 123 kA RITS-6 accelerator
Author :
Bailey, Vernon L. ; Johnson, David L. ; Corcoran, Peter ; Smith, I. ; Maenchen, J.E. ; Rovang, D. ; Portillo, Salvador ; Molina, Inigo ; Hahn, Karla ; Puetz, E. ; Oliver, Brittany ; Rose, D. ; Welsh ; Droemer, D. ; Guy, T.
Author_Institution :
Titan Pulse Sci. Div., San Leandro, CA, USA
Abstract :
Summary form only given. In this paper we discuss the design of RITS-6 including the dimensions of the MITL, the cathode, anode and vacuum flow currents, and voltage at each stage of the MITL/voltage adder. RITS-6 output operating conditions for diode impedances less than 85.5 ohms where an over-insulation wave propagates back up the MITL from the diode was presented. Particle-in-cell simulations (LSP) of the power flow from the cell to the load was compared with parapotential flow predictions. LSP simulations based on RITS-3 PFL water output switch jitter data was used to estimate the expected range of vacuum insulator voltages on RITS-6 if water PFL switches are employed.
Keywords :
plasma accelerators; plasma diodes; plasma simulation; plasma switches; 10.5 MV; 123 kA; PFL switches; RITS-6 accelerator; anode; cathode; diode impedances; insulation wave propagation; parapotential flow; particle-in-cell simulations; power flow; radiographic integrated test stand accelerator; vacuum flow currents; vacuum insulator voltages; voltage adder; wave propagation; Acceleration; Anodes; Cathodes; Diodes; Impedance; Jitter; Load flow; Predictive models; Switches; Voltage;
Conference_Titel :
Plasma Science, 2004. ICOPS 2004. IEEE Conference Record - Abstracts. The 31st IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8334-6
DOI :
10.1109/PLASMA.2004.1339798
