Formation of relativistic highcurrent electron beams from lowvoltage energy sourses

Author

Azarkevich, E.I. ; Krivonosov, A.V. ; Rubtsov, V.V. ; Usov, Yuri P. ; Ushakov, V.Y. ; Khmyrov, V.V. ; Tsvetkov, V.I. ; Shneider, V.B. ; Yaselsky, B.K. ; Furman, E.G. ; Tomskikh, O.N. ; Vintisenko, I.I.

Author_Institution

Nucl. Phys. Res. Inst., Tomsk, Russia

fYear

1990

Firstpage

854

Lastpage

859

Abstract

The formation of relativistic electron beam (REB) using pulse energy source with relatively low output voltage and low impedance may be interesting for a number of applications (beam technology, laser engineering, microwave generation, etc). In the present work an UC-5-200 capacitor bank with charging voltage up to 5 kV and current of 500 kA served as a primary source of energy. High voltage pulse applied to vacuum diode is made by the shaper with the scheme given in Fig.1. The shaper switches on the coreless roll-type pulse transformer; explosive opening switch (EOS); exploding wire switch (EWS); 2 uncontrollable gas discharge arresters Si and S2, commutating current of the secondary winding to EWS and load.

Keywords

arresters; discharges (electric); pulse transformers; pulsed power supplies; relativistic electron beams; transformer windings; UC-5-200 capacitor bank; beam technology; charging current; charging voltage; commutating current; coreless roll-type pulse transformer; current 500 kA; explosive opening switch; gas discharge arresters; high voltage pulse; laser engineering; low impedance; low output voltage; low voltage energy sources; microwave generation; primary pulse energy source; relativistic high current electron beam formation; secondary EWS winding; secondary load; vacuum diode; voltage 5 kV; Cathodes; Coatings; Electron beams; Explosives; Oil insulation; Power transformer insulation; Pulse transformers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

High-Power Particle Beams, 1990 8th International Conference on

Print_ISBN

9.7898102055e+012

Type

conf

Filename

6396371