Plasma-Pulse-Acceleration Experiments
Abstract
This paper gives recent results of experiments with a coaxial Plasma-Pulse-Accelerator (PPA). Discharging a capacitor bank into the PPA more than 80 % of the stored energy could be transferred from the electrical circuit into the plasma. Accelerating masses of 10 g to velocities of 1020 m/s overall efficiencies of 22 % were achieved. A 3 g mass could be accelerated in the same PPA to 2000 m/s; the efficiency decreases in this case to 13 %. Some design aspects and main parameters influencing the energy conversion into the arc-discharge and questions of matching the power supply system to the acceleration process are discussed.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 01, 1987
- Accession Number
- ADA640193
Entities
People
- Juergen G. Salge
- Markus J. Loeffler
- Thomas H. Weise
- Ulrich E. Braunsberger
- Wolfram Witt