Radiographic diode development on the RITS-6 accelerator

Author

Oliver, B.V.

Author_Institution

Sandia Nat. Labs., Albuquerque, NM

fYear

2006

fDate

4-8 June 2006

Firstpage

390

Lastpage

390

Abstract

Summary form only given. The RITS-6 accelerator has recently been commissioned at Sandia National Laboratories. It is a six cell induction voltage adder capable of delivering greater than 10 MV, 125 kA, 75 ns pulses to high impedance (>200 ohms) electron beam diodes. Flexibility in the architecture also allows for the ability to deliver ~7.5 MV, 150 kA, 75 ns pulses to lower impedance (~50 ohms) diodes. Over the next few years experiments on RITS-6 will be conducted to enhance and optimize the X-ray intensity of the next generation radiographic sources, with the goal of achieving a greater than five fold increase in intensity compared to present day pulsed power driven sources. An overview of the upcoming diode research and development plans will be presented

Keywords

plasma X-ray sources; plasma diodes; 125 kA; 150 kA; 75 ns; RITS-6 accelerator; X-ray intensity; electron beam diodes; induction voltage adder; pulsed power driven sources; radiographic diode; Acceleration; Atomic measurements; Collaborative work; Diodes; Electron beams; Impedance; Laboratories; Radiography; Research and development; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Plasma Science, 2006. ICOPS 2006. IEEE Conference Record - Abstracts. The 33rd IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Traverse City, MI

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0125-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PLASMA.2006.1707263

Filename

1707263