Multiwire Photon Direct Drive Sensitivity Study

This paper is concerned with the SGEMP photon direct drive response sensitivity of multi-conductor bundles of wires with a single common dielectrically bonded foil overshield. We will report the results of calculations performed using the CHIC computer code on this particular type of multi-conductor bundle. Due to the very large parameter space associated with such a wire configuration, we will also discuss how the number of variables can be effectively reduced. Such a reduction in parameter space greatly simplifies the assessment of multi-conductor bundles of wires.