Research in Pulsed Power Plasma Physics. Volume 1. Sections One, Two, and Three

摘要

This final report covers work performed by JAYCOR under Contract N00014-93-C-2086with the Pulsed-Power Branch of the Plasma Physics Division of the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL). The research was conducted on-site at NRL by JAYCOR personnel as part of NRL's research programs in support of light ion inertial confinement fusion for the Department of Energy, and advanced pulsed-power systems for Nuclear Weapons effects simulations (NWES) for the Defense Nuclear Agency (DNA), now the Defense Special Weapons Agency (DSWA). The tasks performed under this contract included work in several areas. The original statement of work included the following tasks: (1) investigate and optimize POS operation in the 1 microsecond conduction time regime; (2) study the use of other opening switch concepts for use in greater than 10 microsecond conduction time regime; (3) investigate the coupling of a ten microsecond time opening switch to a one microsecond opening switch; (4) investigate the optimization of coupling between the POS and a load; (5) develop plasma sources for use in inductive energy store applications; (6) develop and study techniques for the transport of light ion beams; (7) and develop ion beam conditions appropriate for the various transport schemes (addressed in task 6). JAYCOR personnel provided skilled design and, in the case of small items, fabrication of experimental hardware used in various experiments performed during this contract period. During the course of this contract JAYCOR was directed by the COTR to discontinue work on tasks 2 and 3. Significant progress was made on the remaining tasks in the statement of work. The results of that work are described in this report.