Super Marx Generator for Thermonuclear Ignition

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dc.creatorWinterberg, Friedwardt
dc.date2008-09-11
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T10:02:18Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T10:02:18Z
dc.descriptionIn ongoing electric pulse power driven inertial confinement fusion experiments, Marx generators are connected in parallel with the target in the center of a ring of the Marx generators. There the currents, not the voltages add up. Instead of connecting a bank of Marx generator in parallel, one may connect them in series, adding up their voltages, not the currents. If, for example, fifty 20 MV Marx generators are connected in series, they would add up to a gigavolt. But to prevent breakdown, the adding up of the voltages in such a super-Marx generator must be fast. For this reason, it is proposed that each of the Marx generators charges up a fast discharge capacitor, with the thusly charged fast capacitors becoming the elements of a second stage super Marx generator. In a super Marx generator, the Marx generators also assume the role of the resistors in the original Marx circuit. With a voltage of 10^9 Volt and a discharge current of 10^7 Ampere, the generation of a 10^16 Watt GeV proton beam becomes possible, which can ignite in liquid deuterium a thermonuclear micro-detonation.
dc.description12 Pages
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/0809.2071
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/0809.2071
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/168926
dc.subjectPlasma Physics
dc.subjectAccelerator Physics
dc.titleSuper Marx Generator for Thermonuclear Ignition
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