Powerful electron accelerator "COVCHEG": status, parameters and physical experiments

Author

Babkin, A.L. ; Chelpanov, V.I. ; Dubinov, A.E. ; Dubinov, E.E. ; Hizhnyakov, A.A. ; Konovalov, I.V. ; Komilov, V.G. ; Selemir, V.D. ; Zhdanov, V.S.

Author_Institution

Inst. of Exp. Phys., Fed. Nucl. Centre, Sarov, Russia

Volume

1

fYear

1997

fDate

June 29 1997-July 2 1997

Firstpage

765

Abstract

The experimental results of investigations on the "COVCHEG" accelerator are presented. Possible working regimes of the accelerator are described. Microwave generators of vircator type with grid and plasma anodes, multibeam relativistic TWT are presented. The "COVCHEG" facility is a multifunctional system intended to research and develop a powerful microwave generator excited with electron beams. "COVCHEG" consists of capacitor storage on the basis of four Marx generators GIN-5001 with full energy up to 80 kJ at a voltage of 350 kV, inductive storage (coaxial transmitting line in direct feeding regime of diode) with inductance up to 1 /spl mu/H, the plasma open switch section, magnetically insulated diode, anode unit, and the microwave generator.

Keywords

capacitor storage; diodes; electron accelerators; inductive energy storage; microwave generation; plasma switches; power supplies to apparatus; pulsed power switches; pulsed power technology; travelling wave tubes; vircators; 350 kV; 80 kJ; COVCHEG; GIN-5001; Marx generators; anode unit; capacitor storage; coaxial transmitting line; diode direct feeding regime; electron accelerator; electron beams excitation; grid anodes; inductance; inductive storage; magnetically insulated diode; microwave generator; microwave generators; multibeam relativistic TWT; multifunctional system; plasma anodes; plasma open switch section; vircator; Anodes; Diodes; Electron accelerators; Electron beams; Energy storage; Mesh generation; Microwave generation; Plasma accelerators; Power generation; Switches;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Pulsed Power Conference, 1997. Digest of Technical Papers. 1997 11th IEEE International

Conference_Location

Baltimore, MA, USA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-4213-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PPC.1997.679456

Filename

679456