We have developed conceptual designs of two petawatt-class pulsed-power accelerators: Z
300 and Z 800. The designs are based on an accelerator architecture that is founded on two …

A three-dimensional, fully electromagnetic model of the principal pulsed-power components
of the 26-MA ZR accelerator [DH McDaniel, in Proceedings of the 5th International …

A challenge for the TW-class accelerators driving Z-pinch experiments, such as Sandia
National Laboratories' Z machine, is to efficiently couple power from multiple storage banks …

Recent studies of power flow and particle transport in multi-MA pulsed-power accelerators
demonstrate that electrode plasmas may reduce accelerator efficiency by shunting current …

Kinetic simulations of Sandia National Laboratories' Z machine are conducted to understand
particle transport in the highly magnetized environment of a multi-MA accelerator. Joule …

We describe herein a system of self-magnetically insulated vacuum transmission lines
(MITLs) that operated successfully at 20 MA, 3 MV, and 55 TW. The system delivered the …

We have developed a physics-based transmission-line-circuit model of the Z pulsed-power
accelerator. The 33-m-diameter Z machine generates a peak electrical power as high as 85 …

Sandia's Z Machine uses its high current to magnetically implode targets relevant to inertial
confinement fusion. Since target performance is highly dependent on the applied drive field …

Quantitative understanding and control of water and impurity desorption from steel surfaces
are crucial for high-voltage, pulsed power, vacuum technology, catalysis, and environmental …

We have developed a conceptual design of a next-generation pulsed-power accelerator that
is optimized for megajoule-class dynamic-material-physics experiments. Sufficient electrical …