Scaled Accelerator Test for the DARHT-II Downstream Transport System

Abstract

The second axis of the Dual Axial radiography Hydrodynamic Test (DARHT-II) facility at LANL is currently in the commissioning phase[1]. The beam parameters for the DARHT-II machine will be nominally 17 MeV, 2 kA and 1.6 s. This makes the DARHT-II downstream system the first system ever designed to transport a high current, high energy and long pulse beam [2]. We will test these physics issues of the downstream transport system on a scaled DARHT-II accelerator with a 7.8-MeV and 950-A beam at LANL before commissioning the machine at its full energy and current. The scaling laws for various physics concerns and the beam parameters selection are discussed in this paper.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 2005
Accession Number
ADA634777

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  • Authur C. Paul
  • Donald T. Blackfield
  • Gary Guethlein
  • George J. Caporaso
  • James A. Watson
  • James F. Mccarrick
  • John T. Weir
  • Yu-jiuan Chen

Organizations

  • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

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Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Buildings And Structures
  • Charge Density
  • Control Systems
  • Converters
  • Electron Beams
  • Electrons
  • Energy
  • High Energy
  • Linear Accelerators
  • Materials
  • Particle Accelerators
  • Power Spectra
  • Pulsed Power
  • Radiography
  • Transport Ships
  • X Rays

Fields of Study

  • Physics

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