Published March 31, 1983 | Version v1
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Vacuum inductive-store/pulse-compression experiments on a high-power accelerator using plasma opening switches

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Description

A new type of an opening switch which operates in vacuum and opens on a nanosecond timescale at voltages > 1 MV is described. This Plasma Opening Switch (POS) is able to conduct several hundred kiloamperes for approx. 50 nsec while a vacuum inductor is charged, then to open in < 10 nsec, delivering a large fraction of the stored energy to an electron-beam load. Preliminary experiments are described and a simple model of the POS operations is presented

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MF available from INIS under the Report Number; Naval Research Lab., Washington, DC 20375.

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Imprint Pagination
20 p.
Report number
NRL-MR--5037

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
14788065
Subject category
S43: PARTICLE ACCELERATORS;
Descriptors DEI
ELECTRON BEAMS; ENERGY STORAGE; KILO AMP BEAM CURRENTS; LINEAR ACCELERATORS; MEV RANGE 01-10; PLASMA; PULSE RISE TIME; PULSE TECHNIQUES; SWITCHES; SWITCHING CIRCUITS
Descriptors DEC
ACCELERATORS; BEAM CURRENTS; BEAMS; CURRENTS; ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT; ELECTRONIC CIRCUITS; ENERGY RANGE; EQUIPMENT; LEPTON BEAMS; MEV RANGE; PARTICLE BEAMS; STORAGE; TIMING PROPERTIES