Production of Dense Hot Plasmas,
Abstract
In the first phase of the program the objective is to develop methods for injecting currents of more than one hundred thousand amperes at energies of more than four million electron volts in thirty nanosecond pulses within mean angular divergences of less than one degree and within radii of less than three millimeters through a thin metal foil into the end of magnetically self-focusing discharges in such a manner that the relativistic beam is pinched down to radii of less than one-tenth millimeter. Pinched discharge equipment is under development in the Laboratory. Experiments are going forward in the development of methods for producing in vacuum, controlling and guiding currents in excess of one hundred thousand amperes at voltages in excess of four megavolts in beams less than one millimeter in diameter. These are to be tested for suitability for injection into pinched discharge for further pinching down to the smaller radii. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- May 15, 1970
- Accession Number
- AD0715275
Entities
People
- Willard H. Bennett
Organizations
- North Carolina State University