Test Results of the Atlas Marxed Pulsed Power System
Abstract
Atlas is a pulsed power machine designed to deliver a maximum of 27-32 MA to a load with a rise time of about 5 micro(s). The machine will be used for hydrodynamic studies in the Los Alamos Nuclear Weapons Program. The load will typically be a metallic cylinder with a mass of about 40 g mounted in a coaxial configuration w.r.t. the current return. Shock pressures of about 1.5 Mbars can be obtained with a direct drive implosion, i.e. simply driving the load liner with its self-generated JxB forces
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 01, 1999
- Accession Number
- ADA639488
Entities
People
- B. Vigil
- Callie M Thompson
- D. Scudder
- F. Wysocki
- G. Bennett
- J. C. Cochrane Jr.
- K. Hosack
- K. Nielsen
- R. Watt
- W. Hinckley
Organizations
- Los Alamos National Laboratory