Search Results - "Stoltzfus, B. S."

Pulsed power accelerator for material physics experiments by Reisman, D. B., Stoltzfus, B. S., Stygar, W. A., Austin, K. N., Waisman, E. M., Hickman, R. J., Davis, J.-P., Haill, T. A., Knudson, M. D., Seagle, C. T., Brown, J. L., Goerz, D. A., Spielman, R. B., Goldlust, J. A., Cravey, W. R.

“…We have developed the design of Thor: a pulsed power accelerator that delivers a precisely shaped current pulse with a peak value as high as 7 MA to a…”
Get full text

100 GW linear transformer driver cavity: Design, simulations, and performance by Douglass, J. D., Hutsel, B. T., Leckbee, J. J., Mulville, T. D., Stoltzfus, B. S., Wisher, M. L., Savage, M. E., Stygar, W. A., Breden, E. W., Calhoun, J. D., Cuneo, M. E., De Smet, D. J., Focia, R. J., Hohlfelder, R. J., Jaramillo, D. M., Johns, O. M., Jones, M. C., Lombrozo, A. C., Lucero, D. J., Moore, J. K., Porter, J. L., Radovich, S. D., Romero, S. A., Sceiford, M. E., Sullivan, M. A., Walker, C. A., Woodworth, J. R., Yazzie, N. T., Abdalla, M. D., Skipper, M. C., Wagner, C.

“…Herein we present details of the design, simulation, and performance of a 100-GW linear transformer driver (LTD) cavity at Sandia National Laboratories. The…”
Get full text

Impedance-matched Marx generators by Stygar, W. A., LeChien, K. R., Mazarakis, M. G., Savage, M. E., Stoltzfus, B. S., Austin, K. N., Breden, E. W., Cuneo, M. E., Hutsel, B. T., Lewis, S. A., McKee, G. R., Moore, J. K., Mulville, T. D., Muron, D. J., Reisman, D. B., Sceiford, M. E., Wisher, M. L.

“…We have conceived a new class of prime-power sources for pulsed-power accelerators: impedance-matched Marx generators (IMGs). The fundamental building block of…”
Get full text

Compact 810 kA linear transformer driver cavity by Woodworth, J. R., Fowler, W. E., Stoltzfus, B. S., Stygar, W. A., Sceiford, M. E., Mazarakis, M. G., Anderson, H. D., Harden, M. J., Blickem, J. R., White, R., Kim, A. A.

“…We are performing experiments with a 92-kV, 810-kA, 74.6-GW linear transformer driver (LTD) cavity. This cavity generates a ∼100  ns power pulse from…”
Get full text

Shaping the output pulse of a linear-transformer-driver module by Stygar, W. A., Fowler, W. E., LeChien, K. R., Long, F. W., Mazarakis, M. G., McKee, G. R., McKenney, J. L., Porter, J. L., Savage, M. E., Stoltzfus, B. S., Van De Valde, D. M., Woodworth, J. R.

“…We demonstrate that a wide variety of current-pulse shapes can be generated using a linear-transformer-driver (LTD) module that drives an internal…”
Get full text

High reliability low jitter 80 kV pulse generator by Savage, M. E., Stoltzfus, B. S.

“…Switching can be considered to be the essence of pulsed power. Time accurate switch/trigger systems with low inductance are useful in many applications. This…”
Get full text

Dielectric-breakdown tests of water at 6 MV by Stygar, W. A., Savage, M. E., Wagoner, T. C., Bennett, L. F., Corley, J. P., Donovan, G. L., Fehl, D. L., Ives, H. C., LeChien, K. R, Leifeste, G. T., Long, F. W., McKee, R. G., Mills, J. A., Moore, J. K., Ramirez, J. J., Stoltzfus, B. S., Struve, K. W., Woodworth, J. R.

“…We have conducted dielectric-breakdown tests on water subject to a single unipolar pulse. The peak voltages used for the tests range from 5.8 to 6.8 MV; the…”
Get full text

Publisher’s Note: Compact 810 kA linear transformer driver cavity [Phys. Rev. ST Accel. Beams 14 , 040401 (2011)] by Woodworth, J. R., Fowler, W. E., Stoltzfus, B. S., Stygar, W. A., Sceiford, M. E., Mazarakis, M. G., Anderson, H. D., Harden, M. J., Blickem, J. R., White, R., Kim, A. A.

Get full text

Improved design of a high-voltage vacuum-insulator interface by Stygar, W. A., Lott, J. A., Wagoner, T. C., Anaya, V., Harjes, H. C., Ives, H. C., Wallace, Z. R., Mowrer, G. R., Shoup, R. W., Corley, J. P., Anderson, R. A., Vogtlin, G. E., Savage, M. E., Elizondo, J. M., Stoltzfus, B. S., Andercyk, D. M., Fehl, D. L., Jaramillo, T. F., Johnson, D. L., McDaniel, D. H., Muirhead, D. A., Radman, J. M., Ramirez, J. J., Ramirez, L. E., Spielman, R. B., Struve, K. W., Walsh, D. E., Walsh, E. D., Walsh, M. D.

“…We have conducted a series of experiments designed to measure the flashover strength of various azimuthally symmetric 45° vacuum-insulator configurations. The…”
Get full text

Conceptual design of a 10^{13}-W pulsed-power accelerator for megajoule-class dynamic-material-physics experiments by W. A. Stygar, D. B. Reisman, B. S. Stoltzfus, K. N. Austin, T. Ao, J. F. Benage, E. W. Breden, R. A. Cooper, M. E. Cuneo, J.-P. Davis, J. B. Ennis, P. D. Gard, G. W. Greiser, F. R. Gruner, T. A. Haill, B. T. Hutsel, P. A. Jones, K. R. LeChien, J. J. Leckbee, S. A. Lewis, D. J. Lucero, G. R. McKee, J. K. Moore, T. D. Mulville, D. J. Muron, S. Root, M. E. Savage, M. E. Sceiford, R. B. Spielman, E. M. Waisman, M. L. Wisher

“…We have developed a conceptual design of a next-generation pulsed-power accelerator that is optimized for megajoule-class dynamic-material-physics experiments…”
Get full text

Comparison of trigger requirements for gas switches for linear transformer drivers by Leckbee, J. J., Pena, G. E., Kiefer, M. L., Alexander, J. A., Stoltzfus, B. S., Brown, J. L., Wigelsworth, H., White, F. E., Bui, B.

“…Linear Transformer Driver (LTD) technology is being developed for short pulse electron beam applications as well as high current Z-pinch drivers. Designs for…”
Get full text

Conceptual design of a 10 13 -W pulsed-power accelerator for megajoule-class dynamic-material-physics experiments by Stygar, W. A., Reisman, D. B., Stoltzfus, B. S., Austin, K. N., Ao, T., Benage, J. F., Breden, E. W., Cooper, R. A., Cuneo, M. E., Davis, J.-P., Ennis, J. B., Gard, P. D., Greiser, G. W., Gruner, F. R., Haill, T. A., Hutsel, B. T., Jones, P. A., LeChien, K. R., Leckbee, J. J., Lewis, S. A., Lucero, D. J., McKee, G. R., Moore, J. K., Mulville, T. D., Muron, D. J., Root, S., Savage, M. E., Sceiford, M. E., Spielman, R. B., Waisman, E. M., Wisher, M. L.

“…In this study, we have developed a conceptual design of a next-generation pulsed-power accelerator that is optmized for driving megajoule-class…”
Get full text

Design and Comissioning of Vulcan - A testbed for fast Marx generator and vacuum insulator development by Hutsel, B. T., Stoltzfus, B. S., Savage, M. E., Johns, O., Breden, E. W., Sullivan, M. A.

“…Vulcan is a new pulsed power system at Sandia National Laboratories based on fast Marx technology. Vulcan will serve as an intermediate scale demonstration of…”
Get full text

Conceptual designs of two petawatt-class pulsed-power accelerators for high-energy-density-physics experiments by Stygar, W. A., Awe, T. J., Bailey, J. E., Bennett, N. L., Breden, E. W., Campbell, E. M., Clark, R. E., Cooper, R. A., Cuneo, M. E., Ennis, J. B., Fehl, D. L., Genoni, T. C., Gomez, M. R., Greiser, G. W., Gruner, F. R., Herrmann, M. C., Hutsel, B. T., Jennings, C. A., Jobe, D. O., Jones, B. M., Jones, M. C., Jones, P. A., Knapp, P. F., Lash, J. S., LeChien, K. R., Leckbee, J. J., Leeper, R. J., Lewis, S. A., Long, F. W., Lucero, D. J., Madrid, E. A., Martin, M. R., Matzen, M. K., Mazarakis, M. G., McBride, R. D., McKee, G. R., Miller, C. L., Moore, J. K., Mostrom, C. B., Mulville, T. D., Peterson, K. J., Porter, J. L., Reisman, D. B., Rochau, G. A., Rochau, G. E., Rose, D. V., Rovang, D. C., Savage, M. E., Sceiford, M. E., Schmit, P. F., Schneider, R. F., Schwarz, J., Sefkow, A. B., Sinars, D. B., Slutz, S. A., Spielman, R. B., Stoltzfus, B. S., Thoma, C., Vesey, R. A., Wakeland, P. E., Welch, D. R., Wisher, M. L., Woodworth, J. R.

“…We have developed conceptual designs of two petawatt-class pulsed-power accelerators: Z 300 and Z 800. The designs are based on an accelerator architecture…”
Get full text

Experimental Results from the 1.2 ma, 2.2 m Diameter Linear Transformer Driver at Sandia National Labs by Douglass, J. D., Hutsel, B. T., Leckbee, J. J., Stoltzfus, B. S., Wisher, M. L., Savage, M. E., Stygar, W. A., Breden, E. W., Calhoun, J. D., Cuneo, M. E., Jaramillo, D. M., Johns, O. M., Jones, M. C., Lucero, D. J., Moore, J. K., Sceiford, M. E., Kiefer, M. L., Mulville, T. D., Sullivan, M. A., Hohlfelder, R. J.

“…Herein we describe the design, simulation and performance of a 118-GW linear transformer driver (LTD) cavity at Sandia National Laboratories. The cavity…”
Get full text

Performance of a radial vacuum insulator stack by Savage, M. E., Stoltzfus, B. S., Austin, K. N., Jones, P. A., Stygar, W. A., Joseph, N. R., Moore, J. K.

“…Electrostatic breakdown ("flashover") can limit the maximum delivered power in pulsed power systems. One problematic region is the solid-vacuum interface. The…”
Get full text

Millimeter-gap magnetically insulated transmission line power flow experiments by Hutsel, B. T., Stoltzfus, B. S., Breden, E. W., Fowler, W. E., Jones, P. A., Justus, D. W., Long, F. W., Lucero, D. J., MacRunnels, K. A., Mazarakis, M. G., Mckenney, J. L., Moore, J. K., Mulville, T. D., Porter, J. L., Savage, M. E., Stygar, W. A.

“…An experiment platform has been designed to study vacuum power flow in magnetically insulated transmission lines (MITLs). The platform is driven by the…”
Get full text

A Laser Trigger System for ZR by Bliss, D. E., Clark, W. T., LeChien, K. R., Maenchen, J. E., Savage, M. E., Sceiford, M. E., Stoltzfus, B. S., Struve, K. W., Stygar, W. A., Woodworth, J. R., Dalton, D., Wakeland, P. E.

“…Summary form only given. The Z pulsed power driver at Sandia National Laboratories is in the process of being refurbished as part of the ZR project to improve…”
Get full text

Status of the Z pulsed power driver by Savage, M. E., LeChien, K. R., Lopez, M. R., Stoltzfus, B. S., Stygar, W. A., Artery, D. S., Lott, J. A., Corcoran, P. A.

“…The Z pulsed power driver at Sandia National Laboratories is used for a variety of high energy physics experiments. The Z system stores 20 megajoules at the…”
Get full text

An Overview of Pulse Compression and Power Flow in the Upgraded Z Pulsed Power Driver by Savage, M. E., Bennett, L. F., Bliss, D. E., Clark, W. T., Coats, R. S., Elizondo, J. M., LeChien, K. R., Harjes, H. C., Lehr, J. M., Maenchen, J. E., McDaniel, D. H., Pasik, M. F., Pointon, T. D., Owen, A. C., Seidel, D. B., Smith, D. L., Stoltzfus, B. S., Struve, K. W., Warne, L.K., Woodworth, J. R., Mendel, C. W., Prestwich, K.R., Shoup, R. W., Johnson, D. L., Corley, J. P., Hodge, K. C., Wagoner, T. C, Wakeland, P. E.

“…Summary form only given. The Z pulsed power driver at Sandia National Laboratories is used to develop high energy density Z-pinch X-ray sources for inertial…”
Get full text