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Simulations of the generation and transport of a 5 MV end-point x-ray beam on a pulsed power generator by Richardson, A. S., Zier, J. C., Engelbrecht, J. T., Swanekamp, S. B., Schumer, J. W., Mosher, D., Ottinger, P. F., Duke, D. L., Haines, T. J., McCumber, M. P., Gehring, A.

“…An experimental campaign was recently completed at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory’s Mercury pulsed-power facility, where the feasibility of using a 5 MV…”
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High-power, photofission-inducing bremsstrahlung source for intense pulsed active detection of fissile material by Zier, J. C., Mosher, D., Allen, R. J., Commisso, R. J., Cooperstein, G., Hinshelwood, D. D., Jackson, S. L., Murphy, D. P., Ottinger, P. F., Richardson, A. S., Schumer, J. W., Swanekamp, S. B., Weber, B. V.

“…Intense pulsed active detection (IPAD) is a promising technique for detecting fissile material to prevent the proliferation of special nuclear materials. With…”
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Effect of emission models on particle-in-cell simulations of a large-area bremsstrahlung diode operating at 5 MV with comparison to experimentally measured dose by Richardson, A. S., Zier, J. C., Jackson, S. L., Schumer, J. W., Mosher, D., Duke, D., Haines, T., Archuleta, T., Boswell, M., Espy, M., Gehring, A., Herrmann, H., Johnson, C., Kim, Y., McCumber, M., Meaney, K., White, B., Smith, J., Baker, S., Droemer, D., Corredor, A., Fegenbush, L., Gall, B., Heika, M., Flores, P., Kruschwitz, C., Montoya, K. Brown, Wolfe, D., Ormond, E.

“…Recent experiments on the Mercury pulsed power accelerator were performed with a large-area bremsstrahlung diode operated at 5 MV. Extensive measurements of…”
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Anisotropy and feedthrough in magneto-Rayleigh-Taylor instability by Lau, Y Y, Zier, J C, Rittersdorf, I M, Weis, M R, Gilgenbach, R M

“…The magneto-Rayleigh-Taylor instability (MRT) of a finite slab is studied analytically using the ideal MHD model. The slab may be accelerated by an arbitrary…”
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A Primer on Pulsed Power and Linear Transformer Drivers for High Energy Density Physics Applications by McBride, R. D., Stygar, W. A., Cuneo, M. E., Sinars, D. B., Mazarakis, M. G., Leckbee, J. J., Savage, M. E., Hutsel, B. T., Douglass, J. D., Kiefer, M. L., Oliver, B. V., Laity, G. R., Gomez, M. R., Yager-Elorriaga, D. A., Patel, S. G., Kovalchuk, B. M., Kim, A. A., Gourdain, P.-A., Bland, S. N., Portillo, S., Bott-Suzuki, S. C., Beg, F. N., Maron, Y., Spielman, R. B., Rose, D. V., Welch, D. R., Zier, J. C., Schumer, J. W., Greenly, J. B., Covington, A. M., Steiner, A. M., Campbell, P. C., Miller, S. M., Woolstrum, J. M., Ramey, N. B., Shah, A. P., Sporer, B. J., Jordan, N. M., Lau, Y. Y., Gilgenbach, R. M.

“…The objectives of this tutorial are as follows: 1) to help students and researchers develop a basic understanding of how pulsed-power systems are used to…”
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Effects of pulsed anode heating on self-magnetic-pinch radiographic performance using NRL's Mercury IVA by Zier, J. C., Weber, B. V., Boyer, C., Cooperstein, G., Hinshelwood, D. D., Richardson, A. S., Rittersdorf, I. M., Schumer, J. W., Swanekamp, S. B.

“…Summary form only given. Previous proof-of-principle experiments at NRL used the Mercury IVA facility to test a self-magnetic-pinch (SMP) diode in conjunction…”
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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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Power flow measurements in a small diameter magnetically-insulated transmission line for flash radiography by Zier, J. C., Hinshelwood, D. D., Boyer, C., Cooperstein, G., Schumer, J. W., Swanekamp, S. B.

“…A self-magnetic-pinch diode (SMP) driven by a pulsed power generator is an attractive radiographic source option for future flash radiography experiments…”
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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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Prompt neutron detection at Hermes-III by Weber, B. V., Commisso, R. J., Jackson, S. L., Murphy, D. P., Swanekamp, S. B., Zier, J. C.

“…Summary form only given. Pulsed bremsstrahlung from the Hermes-III generator produces photofission for research in Intense Pulsed Active Detection (IPAD) 2 …”
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Photofission for active SNM detection I: Intense pulsed 8MeV bremsstrahlung source by Hill, C., O'Malley, J., Ellis, M., Mistry, P., Maddock, R., Precious, J., Zier, J. C., Jackson, S. L., Hutcheson, A., Mitchell, L., Phlips, B.

“…An ongoing programme investigating the active detection of special nuclear material (SNM) is being undertaken by the Atomic Weapons Establishment (A WE) in…”
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Quick turnaround positive polarity options for mercury by Allen, R. J., Commisso, R. J., Cooperstein, G., Hinshelwood, D. D., Jackson, S. L., Ottinger, P. F., Schumer, J. W., Swanekamp, S. B., Zier, J. C.

“…Mercury, a 2-TW inductive voltage adder located at the Naval Research Laboratory in Washington, DC, had previously been converted from negative to positive…”
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Electron-orbit control using a postdiode magnetic-field structure by Swanekamp, S. B., Cooperstein, G., Hinshelwood, D. D., Mosher, D., Ottinger, P. F., Schumer, J. W., Weber, B. V., Zier, J. C.

“…For many applications, control and manipulation of the electron orbits in a high-current electron beam is desirable. This is especially true when a…”
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Anisotropy and feedthrough in magneto-Rayleigh-Taylor instabilities by Lau, Y. Y., Rittersdorf, I. M., Weis, M., Gilgenbach, R. M., Zier, J. C.

“…Summary form only given. The magneto-Rayleigh-Taylor instability (MRT) is important to peta-watt pulsed-power system development, wire-array z-pinches and…”
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Photofission experiments on the HERMES-III generator by Weber, B. V., Commisso, R. J., Murphy, D. P., Jackson, S. L., Zier, J. C., Oliver, B. V., Renk, T. J.

“…The HERMES-III generator is used for research in photofission and induced background. This work follows experiments using the 8-MV, 200 kA, 40 ns…”
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Electron-beam optimization for bremsstrahlung-induced photofission by Zier, J. C., Mosher, D., Jackson, S. L., Richardson, A. S., Commisso, R. J., Cooperstein, G., Hinshelwood, D. D., Murphy, D. P., Ottinger, P. F., Schumer, J. W., Swanekamp, S. B.

“…There is ongoing interest in the use of an intense bremsstrahlung pulse to induce photofission in fissionable material. 1, 2 To optimize the radiation for…”
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X-ray dose distribution measurements for electron-beam optimization on the Mercury inductive voltage adder by Murphy, D. P., Jackson, S. L., Zier, J. C., Hinshelwood, D. D., Commisso, R. J., Richardson, A. S., Schumer, J. W., Swanekamp, S. B., Mosher, D., Cooperstein, G., Ottinger, P. F.

“…Summary form only given. An intense bremsstrahlung x-ray pulse is generated by the 8-MeV, 200-kA, 50-ns Mercury inductive voltage adder. 1 A study of the diode…”
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Contact Resistance with Dissimilar Materials: Bulk Contacts and Thin Film Contacts by Peng Zhang, Lau, Y. Y., Tang, W., Gomez, M. R., French, D. M., Zier, J. C., Gilgenbach, R. M.

“…Contact resistance is important to integrated circuits and thin film devices, carbon nanotube based cathodes and interconnects, field emitters, wire-array…”
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Spectroscopic analysis of foil plasmas on a 1-MA Linear Transformer Driver by Patel, S. G., Gilgenbach, R. M., Zier, J. C., Chalenski, D. A., Gomez, M. R., Steiner, A. M., French, D. M., Weis, M., Lau, Y. Y.

“…Summary form only given. Spectroscopic analysis has been performed on Al foil plasmas ablated by the Linear Transformer Driver (LTD) at the University of…”
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Seeded Magneto-Rayleigh Taylor experiments on planar foils using a 1-MA Linear Transformer Driver by Chalenski, D. A., Gilgenbach, R. M., Zier, J. C., Patel, S. G., Lau, Y. Y., Gomez, M. R., Steiner, A. M.

“…Summary form only given. Recent work on the 1-MA Michigan Linear Transformer Driver, MAIZE, has focused on the Magneto Rayleigh-Taylor (MRT) instability and…”
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