Search Results - "ZIER, Jacob"

High-Current Linear Transformer Driver Development at Sandia National Laboratories by Mazarakis, Michael G, Fowler, William E, LeChien, K L, Long, Finis W, Matzen, M Keith, McDaniel, D H, McKee, R G, Olson, C L, Porter, J L, Rogowski, S T, Struve, Kenneth W, Stygar, W A, Woodworth, Joe R, Kim, Alexander A, Sinebryukhov, Vadim A, Gilgenbach, Ronald M, Gomez, M R, French, D M, Lau, Y Y, Zier, Jacob C, VanDevalde, D M, Sharpe, R A, Ward, K

“…Most of the modern high-current high-voltage pulsed power generators require several stages of pulse conditioning (pulse forming) to convert the…”
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Pulsed power active interrogation of shielded fissionable material by Woolf, Richard S., Phlips, Bernard F., Hutcheson, Anthony L., Wulf, Eric A., Zier, Jacob C., Jackson, Stuart L., Commisso, Robert J., Schumer, Joseph W., Clemett, Ceri, O'Malley, John, Hill, Cassie, Maddock, Robert, Martin, Philip, Threadgold, Jim

“…We report on a collaborative test campaign conducted at the Naval Research Laboratory's Mercury pulsed power facility in December of 2012. The experiment…”
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In-situ anode heating and plasma glow discharge cleaning and its effects on atomic constituents in the A-K gap in Self-Magnetic Pinch (SMP) experiments by Simpson, Sean C., Johnston, Mark D., Mazarakis, Michael G., Renk, Timothy J., Tang, Ricky, Webb, Timothy J., Nielsen, Dan S., Ziska, Derek R., Kiefer, Mark L., Patel, Sonal, Zier, Jacob C., Weber, Bruce V.

“…Summary form only given. The RITS-6 inductive voltage adder (IVA) accelerator (3.5-8.5 MeV) at Sandia National Laboratories produces highpower (TW) focused…”
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Intense Gamma Ray Pulses From Ultra-Relativistic Laser-Plasma Interactions by Gordon, Daniel, Hafizi, Bahman, Zier, Jacob, Younis, Abdurrahman, Davidson, Asher, Doria, Domenico, Spohr, Klaus

“…Multi-petawatt laser systems can produce conditions where quantum electrodynamics (QED) effects are important. The effects can lead to efficient generation of…”
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An approach to characterizing spatial aspects of image system blur by Adams, Jesse, Pillow, Jessica, Joyce, Kevin, Brennan, Michael, Español, Malena I., Morzfeld, Matthias, Breckling, Sean, Champion, Daniel, Clarkson, Eric, Coffee, Ryan, Gehring, Amanda, Lund, Margaret, Smalley, Duane, Williams, Ajanae, Zier, Jacob, Frayer, Daniel, Howard, Marylesa, Machorro, Eric

“…Quantitative X‐ray radiographic imaging systems that utilize a charged couple device (CCD) camera connected to a thick, monolithic scintillator can exhibit…”
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Active Interrogation of Depleted Uranium Using a Single Pulse, High-Intensity Photon and Mixed Photon-Neutron Source by Clemett, Ceri D., Martin, Philip N., Hill, Cassie, Threadgold, James R., Maddock, Robert C., Campbell, Ben, O'Malley, John, Woolf, Richard S., Phlips, Bernard F., Hutcheson, Anthony L., Wulf, Eric A., Zier, Jacob C., Jackson, Stuart L., Commisso, Robert J., Schumer, Joseph W.

“…Active interrogation is a method used to enhance the likelihood of detection of shielded special nuclear material (SNM); an external source of radiation is…”
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Temporal and spatial locking of nonlinear systems by Rittersdorf, Ian M., Lau, Y. Y., Zier, Jacob C., Gilgenbach, Ronald M., Cruz, Edward J., Luginsland, John W.

“…Peer-to-peer locking of two magnetrons is analyzed including the effects of a frequency chirp and of low frequency noise. It is found that complete phase…”
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Pulsed Power Active Interrogation of Shielded Fissionable Material by Woolf, Richard S., Phlips, Bernard F., Hutcheson, Anthony L., Wulf, Eric A., Zier, Jacob C., Jackson, Stuart L., Murphy, Donald P., Commisso, Robert J., Schumer, Joseph W., Clemett, Ceri D., OMalley, John, Hill, Cassie, Maddock, Robert C., Martin, Philip N., Threadgold, James R.

“…We irradiated a depleted uranium ( 238 U) target with intense, single 50 ns pulses of bremsstrahlung to study the behavior of 3 He, BF3, NaI(Tl), and liquid…”
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Magnetic Priming at the Cathode of a Relativistic Magnetron by Hoff, B.W., Gilgenbach, R.M., Jordan, N.M., Lau, Y.Y., Cruz, E.J., French, D.M., Gomez, M.R., Zier, J.C., Spencer, T.A., Price, D.

“…Experiments have been performed in testing magnetic priming at the cathode of a relativistic magnetron to study the effects on high-power microwave…”
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Ablation dynamics and instabilities of metallic plasmas generated using mega-ampere-scale current drivers by Zier, Jacob Christopher

“…This dissertation represents an experimental investigation quantifying the degree of azimuthal correlation between ablating wire cores in wire array Z-pinch…”
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Activation of sodium iodide detectors in an Active Interrogation environment by Ellis, Mark, Mitchell, Lee, Jackson, Stuart L., Zier, Jacob C., O'Malley, John, Threadgold, Jim R., Clemett, Ceri D., Thandi, Amandeep, Martin, Philip N.

“…Applications such as the Active Interrogation of shielded nuclear material that require the detection of specific gamma and neutron signatures in a high mixed…”
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Wire-Tension Effects on Plasma Dynamics in a Two-Wire Z -Pinch by Zier, J., Gomez, M.R., French, D.M., Gilgenbach, R.M., Lau, Y.Y., Tang, W.W., Cuneo, M.E., Mehlhorn, T.A., Johnston, M.D., Mazarakis, M.G.

“…Heavier wire weights reduce contact resistance, which increases the energy deposition in wire plasma. Images from a two-wire Z-pinch showing the effects of…”
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Wire-Tension Effects on Plasma Dynamics in a Two-Wire Z-Pinch: Images in Plasma Science by ZIER, Jacob, GOMEZ, Matthew R, FRENCH, David M, GILGENBACH, Ronald M, LAU, Yue Y, TANG, Wilkin W, CUNEO, Michael E, MEHLHORN, Thomas A, JOHNSTON, Mark D, MAZARAKIS, Michael G

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Magnetic Priming at the Cathode of a Relativistic Magnetron: High-Power Microwave Generation by HOFF, Brad W, GILGENBACH, Ronald M, JORDAN, N. M, LAU, Y. Y, CRUZ, Edward J, FRENCH, David M, GOMEZ, Matthew R, ZIER, Jacob C, SPENCER, Thomas A, PRICE, David

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Ablation dynamics and instabilities of metallic plasmas generated using mega-ampere-scale current drivers by Zier, Jacob Christopher

“…This dissertation represents an experimental investigation quantifying the degree of azimuthal correlation between ablating wire cores in wire array Z-pinch…”
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High-Current Linear Transformer Driver Development at Sandia National Laboratories by MAZARAKIS, Michael G, FOWLER, William E, STRUVE, Kenneth W, STYGAR, W. A, WOODWORTH, Joe R, KIM, Alexander A, SINEBRYUKHOV, Vadim A, GILGENBACH, Ronald M, GOMEZ, M. R, FRENCH, D. M, LAU, Y. Y, ZIER, Jacob C, LECHIEN, K. L, VANDEVALDE, D. M, SHARPE, R. A, WARD, K, LONG, Finis W, MATZEN, M. Keith, MCDANIEL, D. H, MCKEE, R. G, OLSON, C. L, PORTER, J. L, ROGOWSKI, S. T

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Seeded Magneto Rayleigh-Taylor instability driven by a 1-MA Linear Transformer Driver by Chalenski, David A., Gilgenbach, Ronald M., Yue-Ying Lau, Patel, Sonal, Steiner, Adam, Yager-Eliorraga, David, Rittersdorf, Ian, Weiss, Matthew, Franzi, Matthew, Peng Zhang, Zier, Jacob

“…Experimental, theoretical and simulation research investigations are underway on the Magneto Rayleigh-Taylor instability driven by the Mega Ampere Linear…”
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Effects of perturbing B-field orientation on magnetic priming of a Relativistic Magnetron by Hoff, B.W., Gilgenbach, R.M., Jordan, N.M., Lau, Y.Y., Cruz, E., French, D., Gomez, M.R., Zier, J.C., Spencer, T.A., Price, D.

“…Experiments have been performed testing magnetic priming at the cathode of a relativistic magnetron to study the effects on high power microwave performance…”
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