학술논문
A Primer on Pulsed Power and Linear Transformer Drivers for High Energy Density Physics Applications
Document Type
Periodical
Author
McBride, R.D.; Stygar, W.A.; Cuneo, M.E.; Sinars, D.B.; Mazarakis, M.G.; Leckbee, J.J.; Savage, M.E.; Hutsel, B.T.; Douglass, J.D.; Kiefer, M.L.; Oliver, B.V.; Laity, G.R.; Gomez, M.R.; Yager-Elorriaga, D.A.; Patel, S.G.; Kovalchuk, B.M.; Kim, A.A.; Gourdain, P.; Bland, S.N.; Portillo, S.; Bott-Suzuki, S.C.; Beg, F.N.; Maron, Y.; Spielman, R.B.; Rose, D.V.; Welch, D.R.; Zier, J.C.; Schumer, J.W.; Greenly, J.B.; Covington, A.M.; Steiner, A.M.; Campbell, P.C.; Miller, S.M.; Woolstrum, J.M.; Ramey, N.B.; Shah, A.P.; Sporer, B.J.; Jordan, N.M.; Lau, Y.Y.; Gilgenbach, R.M.
Source
IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science IEEE Trans. Plasma Sci. Plasma Science, IEEE Transactions on. 46(11):3928-3967 Nov, 2018
Subject
Language
ISSN
0093-3813
1939-9375
1939-9375
Abstract
The objectives of this tutorial are as follows: 1) to help students and researchers develop a basic understanding of how pulsed-power systems are used to create high-energy-density (HED) matter; 2) to develop a basic understanding of a new, compact, and efficient pulsed-power technology called linear transformer drivers (LTDs); 3) to understand why LTDs are an attractive technology for driving HED physics (HEDP) experiments; 4) to contrast LTDs with the more traditional Marx-generator/pulse-forming-line approach to driving HEDP experiments; and 5) to briefly review the history of LTD technology as well as some of the LTD-driven HEDP research presently underway at universities and research laboratories across the globe. This invited tutorial is part of the Mini-Course on Charged Particle Beams and High-Powered Pulsed Sources, held in conjunction with the 44th International Conference on Plasma Science in May of 2017.