The Hermes-3 program
Abstract
Hermes 3 is a new gamma ray simulator being built at Sandia National Laboratories as part of the Simulation Technology Laboratory (STL). It will deliver a 20-ns FWHM, 20-ns 10% to 90% rise time, radiation pulse with a peak dose rate of 5 x 10 to the 12th power rad(Si)/sec over a cylindrical volume with a 500-sq cm front surface area and 15 cm long. The radiation pulse will be uniform within a factor of two across the front surface and within a factor of four anywhere within the volume. The minimum dose rate will be 2.5 x 10 to the 12th power rad(Si)/sec within this volume. The overall configuration of the Hermes-3 accelerator is presented together with a discussion of the requirements for the individual components. A brief summary of the subsystems performance obtained to date is also presented.
- Publication:
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Presented at the 6th Inst. of Electrical and Electronic Engineers Pulsed Power Conference
- Pub Date:
- 1987
- Bibcode:
- 1987pupo.confQ....R
- Keywords:
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- Bremsstrahlung;
- Pulsed Radiation;
- Radiation Sources;
- Simulators;
- Energy Storage;
- Gamma Ray Beams;
- Ion Beams;
- Nuclear Weapons;
- Power Lines;
- Switches;
- Nuclear and High-Energy Physics