Improved Design AURORA Modification Program (IDAMP)
Abstract
The AURORA High-Intensity Flash X-ray Facility could be modified to provide a high-energy, medium (2 to 10 omega) impedance, multiterawatt pulse power source. This Improved Design AURORA Modification Program (IDAMP) could be achieved with only modest restructuring of the existing AMP water-insulated pulser. Transformer oil, rather than deionized water, would be the insulating medium. A power output of 5 TW in a pulse of 5 MV amplitude and approx. = 140 ns FWHM is feasible in either positive or negative polarity. This power source could be applied to high-intensity electron, ion, and microwave beams.
- Publication:
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NASA STI/Recon Technical Report N
- Pub Date:
- December 1981
- Bibcode:
- 1981STIN...8225489G
- Keywords:
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- Electron Beams;
- Ion Beams;
- Microwaves;
- Pulse Generators;
- Insulation;
- Oils;
- X Rays;
- Instrumentation and Photography