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Simulation codes for light-ion diode modeling

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2009

J.P. Quintenz
Affiliation:
Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM 87185
D.B. Seidel
Affiliation:
Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM 87185
M.L. Kiefer
Affiliation:
Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM 87185
T.D. Pointon
Affiliation:
Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM 87185
R.S. Coats
Affiliation:
Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM 87185
S.E. Rosenthal
Affiliation:
Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM 87185
T.A. Mehlhorn
Affiliation:
Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM 87185
M.P. Desjarlais
Affiliation:
Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM 87185
N.A. Krall
Affiliation:
Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM 87185

Abstract

The computational tools used in the investigation of light-ion diode physics at Sandia National Laboratories are described. Applied-B ion diodes are used to generate intense beams of ions and focus these beams onto targets as part of Sandia's inertial confinement fusion program. Computer codes are used to simulate the energy storage and pulse forming sections of the accelerator and the power flow and coupling into the diode where the ion beam is generated. Other codes are used to calculate the applied magnetic field diffusion in the diode region, the electromagnetic fluctuations in the anode-cathode gap, the subsequent beam divergence, the beam propagation, and response of various beam diagnostics. These codes are described and some typical results are shown.

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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1994

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