Production of Advanced X-Ray Sources Using Intense Relativistic Beams. Volume 2. SNARK Upgrade Program

Abstract

The report describes a program to upgrade the SNARK machine built under DASA contract. In the SNARK program, a machine was built capable of delivering a 50-kJ electron beam to an X-ray target in 50 nsec. Triggered high pressure gas switches were developed to switch the Mylar striplines. The machine delivers the energy to an accelerating tube from two replaceable modules (each containing stacked Mylar stripline Blumleins). With this machine, the concept of modular Mylar energy sources is demonstrated.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1972
Accession Number
AD0755456

Entities

People

  • G. Hatch
  • I. Smith
  • P. Champney

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Assembly
  • Contractors
  • Contracts
  • Electrodes
  • Electron Beams
  • Electrons
  • Impedance
  • Production
  • Resistance
  • Security
  • Short Circuits
  • Spark Gaps
  • Standards
  • Time Intervals
  • Transmission Lines
  • X Rays

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Electrical Engineering
  • Pulsed Power and Plasma Physics.
  • Software Engineering

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy
  • Microelectronics