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| TUP080 |
Tuning the Magnetic Transport of an Induction Linac Using Emittance
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- T. L. Houck, C. G. Brown, M. M. Ong, A. Paul, J. M. Zentler
LLNL, Livermore, California
- P. E. Wargo
Bechtel Nevada, Los Alamos, New Mexico
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The Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Flash X-Ray (FXR) machine is a linear induction accelerator used to produce a nominal 20-MeV, 3-kA, 60-ns pulse width electron beam for hydrodynamic radiographs. A common figure of merit for this type of radiographic machine is the x-ray dose divided by the spot area on the bremsstrahlung converter. Several characteristics of the beam affect the minimum attainable x-ray spot size. The most significant are emittance, chromatic aberration, and beam motion. FXR is in the midst of a multi-year optimization project to reduce the spot size. This paper describes the effort to reduce beam emittance by adjusting the fields of the transport solenoids. If the magnetic transport is not correct, the beam will be mismatched and undergo envelop oscillations increasing the emittance. We measure the divergence and radius of the beam in a drift section after the accelerator by imaging the optical transition radiation (OTR) and beam envelope on a foil. These measurements are combined with transport simulations to calculate an emittance. Relative changes in the emittance can be quickly estimated allowing for an efficient, real-time study.
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| THP021 |
Study of Vacuum Insulator Flashover for Pulse Lengths of Multi-Microseconds
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- T. L. Houck, D. A. Goerz, J. B. Javedani, E. J. Lauer, L. K. Tully, G. E. Vogtlin
LLNL, Livermore, California
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We have studied the flashover of vacuum insulators for applications where high voltage conditioning of the insulator and electrodes is not practical and for pulse lengths on the order of several microseconds. The study was centered about experiments performed with a 100-kV, 10-μs pulsed power system and supported by a combination of theoretical and computational modeling. The base line geometry for the experiments was a cylindrically symmetric, +45° insulator between flat electrodes. In the experiments, flashovers or breakdowns were localized by operating at field stresses slightly below the level needed for explosive emissions with the base line geometry. The electrodes and/or insulator were then seeded with an emission source, e.g. a tuff of velvet, or a known mechanical defect. Our study differs from most vacuum insulator studies in that our emphasis was on flashovers originating at the anode triple junction as well as bulk breakdowns within the insulator. Various standard techniques were employed to suppress cathode-originating flashovers/breakdowns. We present the results of our experiments and discuss the capabilities of modeling insulator flashover.
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