The MAGPIE generator performance and experimental results

Author

Mitchell, I.H. ; Aliaga-Rossel, R.F. ; Bayley, J.M. ; Chittenden, J.P. ; Wilson, K. ; Worley, J.F. ; Choi, P. ; Dangor, A.E. ; Haines, M.G.

Author_Institution

Blackett Lab., Imperial Coll. of Sci., Technol. & Med., London, UK

fYear

1995

fDate

34759

Firstpage

42705

Lastpage

42707

Abstract

In recent years there has been a revival of interest in z-pinches mainly as radiation sources (both X-rays and neutrons), but also for the production of high density plasmas and as an alternative fusion concept. This can be attributed to the advances in pulsed power over the past few decades which has lead to generators capable of delivering MA to z-pinches with rise times of tens of nanoseconds. A terawatt generator, MAGPIE, has been built at Imperial College (UK) to produce and study these plasmas. The generator has been designed specifically to drive currents of 1.5MA in 150ns into a single solid hydrogen fibre and to allow experimental investigations of the plasma produced. This paper concentrates on the construction of the generator and its performance during commissioning

Keywords

Z pinch; plasma production; power supplies to apparatus; pulse generators; pulsed power technology; 1.4 MA; 150 ns; MAGPIE generator; commissioning; construction; design; high density plasmas; performance; pulsed power; rise times; solid hydrogen fibre; z-pinches;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

iet

Conference_Titel

Pulsed Power '95, IEE Colloquium on

Conference_Location

London

Type

conf

DOI

10.1049/ic:19950294

Filename

472937