Numerical analysis of a pulsed compact LTD system for electron beam-driven radiography

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 34, Issue 5 I, 2006, Pages 1879-1887

  Rose, David V ^a   Welch, Dale R ^a   Oliver, Bryan V ^b   Leckbee, Joshua J ^b   Maenchen, John E ^b   Johnson, David L ^c   Kim, Alexandre A ^c   Kovalchuk, Boris M ^d   Sinebryukhov, Vadim A ^d  

^a VOSS SCIENTIFIC   (United States)

^b SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^c TITAN CORPORATION   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE OF HIGH CURRENT ELECTRONICS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Linear transformer driver; Magnetically insulated transmission line; Particle in cell simulation; X ray source

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC LINES; ELECTRON BEAMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; X RAY RADIOGRAPHY;

ELECTRON BEAM-DRIVEN RADIOGRAPHY; LINEAR TRANSFORMER DRIVER; MAGNETICALLY INSULATED TRANSMISSION LINE; PARTICLE-IN-CELL SIMULATION; X-RAY SOURCE;

ELECTRIC TRANSFORMERS;

EID: 33750427254     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2006.881297     Document Type: Conference Paper

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