Chamber dynamic research with pulsed power

In Inertial Fusion Energy (IFE), Target Chamber Dynamics (TCD) is an integral part of the target chamber design and performance. TCD includes target output, deposition of target X-rays, ions and neutrons in target chamber gases and structures, melting and vaporization of target chamber materials, radiation-hydrodynamics in target chamber vapors and gases, and chamber conditions at the time of target and beam injections. Pulsed power provides a unique environment for IFE-TCD validation experiments in two important ways: pulsed power devices do not require the very clean conditions that lasers need, and they currently provide large X-ray and ion energy fluences.