Source-Region EMP Simulator - A Parallel Plate Transmission Line in the Aurora Test Cell

In summary, the authors believe that the natural limitations of AURORA as an SREMP simulator can be overcome by the use of a supplementary pulsed field source--a transmission line simulator. Distortion due to conductive line-loading can be minimized by lowering the line impedance and sectoring the line into a high impedance ionizing sector and a low-impedance, non-ionizing sector. Gases other than air may prove useful in the ionizing ("working volume") sector. Gas properties to be exploited are: high atomic number, low attachment rate, and non-linear conduction.