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HADES: a High Amperage Driver for Extreme States
P. -A. Gourdain, M. Evans, B. Foy +3
Linear transformer drivers (LTD) allow to greatly reduce the size of pulsed-power drivers while increasing their efficiency and repetition rate. However, limitations on the capacit…
High voltage charging system for pulsed power generators
M. Evans, B. Foy, D. Mager +2
A robust and portable power supply has been developed specifically for charging linear transformer drivers, a modern incarnation of fast pulsed power generators. It is capable of g…
The impact of the Hall term on tokamak plasmas
P. -A. Gourdain
The Hall term has often been neglected in MHD codes as it is difficult to compute. Nevertheless setting it aside for numerical reasons led to ignoring it altogether. This is especi…
The impact of three dimensional MHD instabilities on the generation of warm dense matter using a MA-class linear transformer driver
P. -A. Gourdain, C. E. Seyler
Warm dense matter is difficult to generate since it corresponds to a state of matter which pressure is order of magnitude larger than can be handled by natural materials. A diamond…
A physics-based solver to improve the illumination of cylindrical targets using spherically-distributed high power laser systems
P. -A. Gourdain
In recent years, our understanding of high energy density plasmas has played an important role in improving inertial fusion confinement and in emerging new fields of physics, such…
The stability of unity beta equilibria in tokamaks
P. -A. Gourdain
The plasma beta, ratio of kinetic to magnetic pressure, inside a tokamak should stay below the Troyon limit to avoid major plasma instabilities. However, this paper argues that Tro…