1. A Primer on Pulsed Power and Linear Transformer Drivers for High Energy Density Physics Applications
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Joshua J. Leckbee, Dale Welch, J. C. Zier, P. C. Campbell, Ryan D. McBride, John Greenly, Aaron Covington, Ronald M. Gilgenbach, B. M. Kovalchuk, Brendan Sporer, J. M. Woolstrum, Akash Shah, Yue Ying Lau, S. M. Miller, S. N. Bland, D. V. Rose, Joseph W. Schumer, Brian Hutsel, Pierre-Alexandre Gourdain, Salvador Portillo, David Yager-Elorriaga, William A. Stygar, A.A. Kim, Bryan V. Oliver, A. M. Steiner, Farhat Beg, Nicholas M. Jordan, Yitzhak Maron, Michael G. Mazarakis, Nicholas Ramey, S. C. Bott-Suzuki, Mark E. Savage, Mark L. Kiefer, Daniel Sinars, George Laity, R. B. Spielman, M. R. Gomez, S. G. Patel, J. D. Douglass, M. E. Cuneo, AWE Plc, Sandia National Laboratories, and U.S Department of Energy
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Nuclear and High Energy Physics ,High energy density physics ,Fluids & Plasmas ,0906 Electrical And Electronic Engineering ,Pulsed power ,Condensed Matter Physics ,01 natural sciences ,010305 fluids & plasmas ,law.invention ,0202 Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle And Plasma Physics ,law ,0103 physical sciences ,Systems engineering ,010306 general physics ,Transformer - 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.
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- 2018