A primer on pulsed power and linear transformer drivers for high energy density physics applications
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Accepted version
Author(s)
Type
Journal Article
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.
Date Issued
2018-11-01
Date Acceptance
2018-09-04
Citation
IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science, 2018, 46 (11), pp.3928-3967
ISSN
0093-3813
Publisher
IEEE
Start Page
3928
End Page
3967
Journal / Book Title
IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science
Volume
46
Issue
11
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Sponsor
AWE Plc
Sandia National Laboratories
U.S Department of Energy
Grant Number
30236912/0
1841620
83228-10968
Subjects
0202 Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle And Plasma Physics
0906 Electrical And Electronic Engineering
Fluids & Plasmas
Publication Status
Published
Date Publish Online
2018-11-07