Experimental study of current loss and plasma formation in the Z machine post-hole convolute

The Z pulsed-power generator at Sandia National Laboratories drives high energy density physics experiments with load currents of up to 26 MA. Z utilizes a double post-hole convolute to combine the current from four parallel magnetically insulated transmission lines into a single transmission line j...

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Main Authors: M. R. Gomez, R. M. Gilgenbach, M. E. Cuneo, C. A. Jennings, R. D. McBride, E. M. Waisman, B. T. Hutsel, W. A. Stygar, D. V. Rose, Y. Maron
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Physical Society 2017-01-01
Series:Physical Review Accelerators and Beams
Online Access:http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevAccelBeams.20.010401