3-D PIC simulations of electron flow in the vacuum power flow section of the Z accelerator

• Published in: PPPS-2001 Pulsed Power Plasma Science 2001. 28th IEEE International Conference on Plasma Science and 13th IEEE International Pulsed Power Conference. Digest of Papers (Cat. No.01CH37251) Vol. 2; pp. 1696 - 1699 vol.2
• Main Authors: Pointon, T.D., Stygar, W.A.
• Format: Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: IEEE 2001
• Subjects: Acceleration; Electron accelerators; Feeds; Geometry; Insulation; Laboratories; Load flow; Magnetic fields; Power transmission lines; Solid modeling

The Z accelerator at Sandia National Laboratories delivers current pulses rising up to /spl sim/20 MA in /spl sim/100 ns to the load. Inside the insulator stack at r/spl sim/1.8 m, power flows along four radial, vacuum, magnetically-insulated transmission lines (MITLs) to the post-hole convolute at...