Scaled Accelerator Test For the DARHT-II Downstream Transport System

Author

Chen, Yu-Jiuan ; Blackfield, Donald T. ; Caporaso, George J. ; Guethlein, Gary ; McCarrick, James F. ; Paul, Authur C. ; Watson, James A. ; Weir, John T.

Author_Institution

Lawrence Livermore Nat. Lab., Livermore, CA

fYear

2005

fDate

13-17 June 2005

Firstpage

789

Lastpage

792

Abstract

The second axis of the dual axial radiography hydrodynamic test (DARHT-II) facility at LANL is currently in the commissioning phase. The beam parameters for the DARHT-II machine will be nominally 17 MeV, 2 kA and 1.6 mus. This makes the DARHT-II downstream system the first system ever designed to transport a high current, high energy and long pulse beam [2]. We will test these physics issues of the downstream transport system on a scaled DARHT-II accelerator with a 7.8-MeV and 950-A beam at LANL before commissioning the machine at its full energy and current. The scaling laws for various physics concerns and the beam parameters selection are discussed in this paper.

Keywords

hydrodynamics; particle accelerators; radiography; DARHT-II accelerator; DARHT-II downstream transport system; dual axial radiography hydrodynamic test; scaled accelerator test; Assembly systems; Electron beams; Hydrodynamics; Laboratories; Life estimation; Particle beams; Physics; Plasma accelerators; Radiography; System testing;

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.2005.300779

Filename

4084335