Title :
Plasma x-ray sources powered by megajoule magnetocumulative generators
Author :
Popkov, N.F. ; Averchenkov, V.Ya. ; Pikar´, A.S. ; Ryaslov, E.A. ; Kargin, V.I. ; Lazarev, S.A. ; Borovkov, V.V ; Nazarencko, S.T. ; Mackartsev, G.F.
Author_Institution :
Russian Federal Nuclear Center All-Russian Research Institute of Experimental Physics (VNIIEF), Sarov, Nizhni Novgorod Region, 607190, Russia
Abstract :
We have performed experiments using magnetocumulative generators (MCGs) to power three different types of high-energy-density plasma discharges suitable for intense x-ray generation. They include the H-pressed discharge, the capillary z-pinch, and the θ-pinch. The MCGs were operated with, and without, plasma opening switches. The characteristic currents were approximately 10 MA and characteristic time scales approximately 1 µs. In this paper we describe the characteristics of these experiments.
Conference_Titel :
High-Power Particle Beams, 1996 11th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Prague, Czech Republic
Print_ISBN :
978-80-902250-3-9
