Single Turn Multi-Megagauss System at the NHMFL-LOS Alamos to study plutonium

Author

Mielke, Charles H. ; McDonald, Ross D.

Author_Institution

Alamos Nat. Lab., Los Alamos, NM

fYear

2006

Firstpage

227

Lastpage

231

Abstract

By utilizing a fast capacitor bank and the single-turn coil technique, a new megagauss system has been commissioned at Los Alamos National Laboratory. The system is specially designed for condensed matter physics experimentation on metallic plutonium and other actinides in extremely high magnetic fields. In addition to special conditions required for handling hazardous samples, the system features 24 synchronous switches at a maximum voltage of 60 kV and a maximum current approaching 4 MA. Peak magnetic fields approaching 300 tesla are predicted for the system. System design and issues related to condensed matter physics experimentation are discussed.

Keywords

capacitor storage; coils; plutonium; Los Alamos National Laboratory; capacitor bank; metallic plutonium; single turn multimegagauss system; single-turn coil technique; synchronous switches; voltage 60 kV; Conductivity; Crystallography; Extraterrestrial measurements; Laboratories; Magnetic field measurement; Magnetic fields; Magnetic properties; Magnetic separation; Physics; Thermal factors;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Megagauss magnetic field generation and related topics, 2006 ieee international conference on

Conference_Location

Herlany

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2061-2

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-2062-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MEGAGUSS.2006.4530682

Filename

4530682