Results of the upgraded Neutralized Drift Compression Experiment

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Abstract

Recent changes to the NDCX beamline offer the promise of higher current compressed bunches, with correspondingly greater fluence delivered to the target plane for ion-beam driven warm dense matter experiments. We report modeling and commissioning results of the upgraded NDCX beamline that includes a new induction bunching module with approximately twice the volt-seconds and greater tuning flexibility, combined with a longer neutralized drift compression channel.

*This work was supported by the Director, Office of Science, Office of Fusion Energy Sciences, of the U.S. Department of Energy under Contract No. DE-AC02-05CH11231.

Authors

  • Steven M. Lidia

    • Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

  • F.M. Bieniosek

    • Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

  • E.P. Gilson

    • Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory

  • P.K. Roy

    • Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

  • P. Ni

    • Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

  • P.A. Seidl

    • Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

  • K. van den Bogert

    • Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

  • W.L. Waldron

    • Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory