The Los Alamos foil implosion project

Author

Brownell, J. ; Parker, J. ; Bartsch, R. ; Benage, J. ; Bowers, R. ; Cochrane, J. ; Forman, P. ; Goforth, J. ; Greene, A. ; Kruse, H. ; Ladish, J. ; Oona, H. ; Peterson, D. ; Reinovsky, R. ; Roderick, N. ; Trainor, J. ; Turchi, P.

Author_Institution

Los Alamos Nat. Lab., Los Alamos, NM, USA

Volume

1

fYear

1992

fDate

25-29 May 1992

Firstpage

175

Lastpage

182

Abstract

The goal of the Los Alamos foil implosion project is to produce an intense (>;100 TW), multimegajoule, laboratory soft x-ray source for material studies and fusion experiments. The concept involves the implosion of annular, current-carrying, cylindrical metallic plasmas via their self-magnetic forces. The project features inductive storage systems using both capacitor banks and high explosive-driven flux compression generators as prime energy sources. Fast opening switches are employed to shorten the electrical pulses. The program will be described and activities to date will be summarized.

Keywords

explosions; plasma X-ray sources; plasma sources; plasma switches; plasma transport processes; Los Alamos foil implosion project; capacitor banks; cylindrical metallic plasmas; electrical pulses; explosive-driven flux compression generators; fusion experiments; inductive storage systems; material studies; multimegajoule laboratory soft x-ray source; opening switches; prime energy sources; self-magnetic forces; Capacitors; Current measurement; Explosives; Laboratories; Plasma measurements; Plasmas; Switches;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

High-Power Particle Beams, 1992 9th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Washington,DC

Print_ISBN

000-0-0000-0000-0

Type

conf

Filename

6306487