"Quick-Fire" Plasma Flow Driven Implosion Experiments

Abstract

The QUICK-FIRE experimental series presently being conducted on the SHIVA STAR fast capacitor bank (120 KV, 9.3 MJ) at the Air Force Weapons Laboratory is described. Diagnostics used to measure physical quantities are listed and preliminary results from the first eight shots are presented. Initial data indicates that the performance of the coaxial gun portion of the plasma flow switch is good. Radiation yields from the unoptimized implosions are 220 KJ of soft x-rays in the 80-280 eV range with a peak power of roughly 1.25 TW. Plans for future work are outlined.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1985
Accession Number
ADA638877

Entities

People

  • C L Enloe
  • D. J. Hall
  • D. W. Conley
  • J. A. Lupo
  • J. H. Degnan
  • J. L. Holmes
  • K. E. Hackett
  • P. S. Levi
  • W. L. Baker
  • W. S. Bigelow

Organizations

  • Air Force Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Buildings And Structures
  • Cameras
  • Electromagnetic Radiation
  • Electron Density
  • Electrons
  • Energy
  • Filters
  • Implosions
  • Ionizing Radiation
  • Materials
  • Microsecond Time
  • Peak Power
  • Power
  • Radiation
  • Soft X Rays
  • X Rays

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Marksmanship and Weaponry.
  • Pulsed Power and Plasma Physics.
  • Software Engineering