Negative-Polarity Rod-Pinch Diode Experiment at 5 MV on RITS-3

Author

Cooperstein, G. ; Young, Frederic ; Commisso, R.J. ; Hinshelwood, D.D. ; Mosher, D. ; Ottinger, P.F. ; Schumer, J.W. ; Stephanakis, S.J. ; Swanekamp, S.B. ; Weber, B.V.

Author_Institution

Plasma Phys. Div., Naval Res. Lab., Washington, DC

fYear

2005

fDate

13-17 June 2005

Firstpage

793

Lastpage

796

Abstract

Recent theoretical modeling of rod-pinch (RP) diode behavior has been carried out for diode voltages of up to 10 MV.[1] The theory, consistent with experimental results on Asterix at up to 6 MV [2], predicts that, above 4 MV, X-ray production in the forward direction is more efficient for negative-polarity operation than positive- polarity operation. Here we report on negative-polarity RP diode experiments at 5 MV on RITS-3 [3], an inductive-voltage-adder (IVA) generator with vacuum flowing electrons. Extensive analysis of the electrical and X-ray data combined with numerical simulation suggests that the diode operation is consistent with the modeling.

Keywords

X-ray production; diodes; radiography; X-ray data; X-ray production; inductive-voltage-adder; negative-polarity rod-pinch diode; vacuum flowing electrons; Anodes; Cathodes; Current measurement; Diodes; Electron emission; Geometry; Impedance; Numerical simulation; Production; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Pulsed Power Conference, 2005 IEEE

Conference_Location

Monterey, CA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-9189-6

Electronic_ISBN

0-7803-9190-x

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PPC.2005.300780

Filename

4084336