Electrical and Computer Engineering ETDs
Publication Date
Spring 4-19-2024
Abstract
A twelve-brick air insulated linear transformer driver (LTD) was characterized by charging to voltages ranging from 30 to 70 kV and delivering energy to two separate resistive loads. Various plasma diagnostics were built and fielded with an emphasis on the design, implementation and analysis of a Mach Zehnder interferometer, a moiré deflectometer and a spectroscopy system providing information on the temporal evolution of plasma electron density and atomic composition. Rogowski coils, XRD radiation detectors, framing camera images and time integrated DSLR images are used to further understand load conditions where current data, x ray radiation data, velocity data and instability information are the results. Finally, the study shows the creation of high energy density plasmas on the LTD in the form of diode electron emission created with weaved carbon nanotube cathodes as well as wire array experiments consisting of 25 mm tungsten x pinch, z pinch and cylindrical wire arrays.
Keywords
Plasma Diagnostics, High Energy Density Physics, Anode Cathode Diode Experiments, Linear Transformer Driver, Wire Arrays, Mach Zehnder
Sponsors
ONR
Document Type
Thesis
Language
English
Degree Name
Electrical Engineering
Level of Degree
Masters
Department Name
Electrical and Computer Engineering
First Committee Member (Chair)
Dr. Salvador Portillo
Second Committee Member
Dr. Edl Schamiloglu
Third Committee Member
Dr. Mark Gilmore
Recommended Citation
Beattie-Rossberg, Robert. "PLASMA DIAGNOSTICS FOR ANODE CATHODE PLASMAS AND HIGH ENERGY DENSITY PHYSICS ON A LINEAR TRANSFORMER DRIVER." (2024). https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/ece_etds/643
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