• DocumentCode
    563877
  • Title

    Analysis of characteristics of plasma opening switch and diode load on RAPID-M accelerator

  • Author

    Gafarov, A.M. ; Filatov, V.A. ; Korepanov, V.M. ; Antonov, N.D. ; Plotnikova, A.V.

  • Author_Institution
    Russian Fed. Nucl. Center, Zababakhin All-Russia Res. Inst. of Tech. Phys., Chelyabinsk, Russia
  • fYear
    2004
  • fDate
    18-23 July 2004
  • Firstpage
    339
  • Lastpage
    342
  • Abstract
    In the RAPID-M accelerator the plasma opening switch (POS) is used for shaping a high-voltage pulse. For passing the current of amplitude up to 370 κA through the POS within conduction time of up to 0.75 μs the surface plasma source is harnessed. The main purpose of investigations is to study characteristics of the POS and accelerator diode: POS current and conduction time, voltage on the diode, length of a front of current built-up in the load, coefficient of current transfer from the switch to the diode.
  • Keywords
    plasma accelerators; plasma diodes; plasma switches; plasma transport processes; RAPID-M accelerator diode load; conduction time; curent transfer coefficient; current amplitude; diode voltage; high-voltage pulse; plasma opening switch; surface plasma source; Current measurement; Steel;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    High-Power Particle Beams (BEAMS 2004), 2004 International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    St. Petersburg
  • Print_ISBN
    978-5-87911-088-3
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6220554