An Overview of the Atlas Pulsed-Power Systems
Abstract
Atlas is a facility being designed at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) to perform high energy-density experiments in support of weapon-physics and basic-research programs, It is designed to be an international user facility, providing experimental opportunities to researchers from national laboratories and academic institutions. For hydrodynamic experiments, it will be capable of achieving pressures exceeding 20-Mbar in a several cm3 volume. With the development of a suitable opening switch, it will also be capable of producing soft x-rays. The 36-MJ capacitor bank will consist of 240-kV Marx modules arranged around a central target chamber. The Marx modules will be discharged through vertical triplate transmission lines to a parallel plate collector inside the target chamber. The capacitor bank is designed to deliver a peak current of 45 to 50 MA with a 4- to 5-microsecond risetime. The Marx modules are designed to be reconfigured to a 480-kV configuration for opening switch development. Predicted performance with a typical load is presented. Descriptions of the major subsystems are also presented.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 01, 1997
- Accession Number
- ADA638181
Entities
People
- C. C. Baldwin
- D. W. Bowman
- E. O. Ballard
- G. A. Bennett
- H. A. Davis
- J. Creager
- J. F. Benage
- James C.Bucky Cochrane
- R. R. Bartsch
- W. Mark Parsons
Organizations
- Los Alamos National Laboratory