Plasma cathode for a short-pulse dielectric wall accelerator

J. R. Harris, B. Hickman, R. Anaya, E. G. Cook, S. Hawkins, C. Holmes, J. Stanley, J. Watson, George J Caporaso

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Abstract

The Beam Research Program at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory is continuing development of the dielectric wall accelerator (DWA), a type of accelerator which uses stacked pulse-forming lines (PFLs) to apply an accelerating field directly to the beam through a nonconducting vacuum boundary. Here, we report operation of a DWA as an electron diode using a surface flashover plasma cathode. Peak perveances in excess of 6 × 10-6 A/V3/2 were measured, with current extraction and pulse train format depending on flashover source timing and PFL switching speed.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)1069-1077
Number of pages9
JournalIEEE Transactions on Plasma Science
Volume37
Issue number6 PART 2
DOIs
StatePublished - 2009
Externally publishedYes

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Keywords

  • Accelerators
  • Electron guns
  • Particle sources
  • Plasma generation
  • Pulse power systems

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Condensed Matter Physics
  • Nuclear and High Energy Physics

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Harris, J. R., Hickman, B., Anaya, R., Cook, E. G., Hawkins, S., Holmes, C., ... Caporaso, G. J. (2009). Plasma cathode for a short-pulse dielectric wall accelerator. IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science, 37(6 PART 2), 1069-1077. https://doi.org/10.1109/TPS.2009.2019961

Plasma cathode for a short-pulse dielectric wall accelerator. / Harris, J. R.; Hickman, B.; Anaya, R.; Cook, E. G.; Hawkins, S.; Holmes, C.; Stanley, J.; Watson, J.; Caporaso, George J.

In: IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science, Vol. 37, No. 6 PART 2, 2009, p. 1069-1077.

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Harris, JR, Hickman, B, Anaya, R, Cook, EG, Hawkins, S, Holmes, C, Stanley, J, Watson, J & Caporaso, GJ 2009, 'Plasma cathode for a short-pulse dielectric wall accelerator', IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science, vol. 37, no. 6 PART 2, pp. 1069-1077. https://doi.org/10.1109/TPS.2009.2019961
Harris JR, Hickman B, Anaya R, Cook EG, Hawkins S, Holmes C et al. Plasma cathode for a short-pulse dielectric wall accelerator. IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science. 2009;37(6 PART 2):1069-1077. https://doi.org/10.1109/TPS.2009.2019961
Harris, J. R. ; Hickman, B. ; Anaya, R. ; Cook, E. G. ; Hawkins, S. ; Holmes, C. ; Stanley, J. ; Watson, J. ; Caporaso, George J. / Plasma cathode for a short-pulse dielectric wall accelerator. In: IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science. 2009 ; Vol. 37, No. 6 PART 2. pp. 1069-1077.
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