RANCHERO explosive pulsed power experiments

作者：J.H. Goforth, W.A. Anderson, E. Armijo, W.L. Atchison, J. Bartos, David Clark, Robert D. Day, W. Deninger, R. J. Faehl, C.M. Fowler, F.P. García, O.F. Garcia, D.H. Herrera, T.J. Herrera, R.K. Keinigs, J.C. King, Jeffrey Lindemuth, Eduardo López, E.C. Martinez, David Elizondo Martínez, J.A. McGuire, Dane Morgan, H. Oona, D. Oró, J.V. Parker, R. B. Randolph, R.E. Reinovsky, G. Rodríguez, J.L. Stokes, F.C. Sena, L.J. Tabaka, Douglas Tasker, Antoinette J. Taylor, David Torres, H. D. Anderson, W. Broste, J. B. Johnson · 年份：2003 · DOI：10.1109/ppc.1999.825477 · 被引用次数：14 · 研究领域：Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics、Energetic Materials and Combustion、Particle accelerators and beam dynamics

The authors are developing the RANCHERO high explosive pulsed power (HEPP) system to power cylindrically imploding solid-density liners for hydrodynamics experiments. Their near-term goal is to conduct experiments in the regime pertinent to the Atlas capacitor bank. That is, they will attempt to implode liners of /spl sim/50 g mass at velocities approaching 15 km/sec. The basic building block of the HEPP system is a coaxial generator with a 304.8 mm diameter stator, and an initial armature diameter of 152 mm. The armature is expanded by a high explosive (HE) charge detonated simultaneously along its axis. The authors have reported a variety of experiments conducted with generator modules 43 cm long and have presented an initial design for hydrodynamic liner experiments. In this paper, they give a synopsis of their first system test, and a status report on the development of a generator module that is 1.4 m long.