LSP Modelling of the Merlin IVA Commissioning Performance

Abstract

The Multi-mEgavolt Radiographic Linear INductive voltage adder (MERLIN) is a pulsed power machine developed future AWE hydrotrials. A Marx generator charges ten Pulse-Forming Lines (PFLs), which subsequently discharge into induction cells. The induction cell voltages add along the stalk of the Inductive Voltage Adder (IVA). The output pulse of ≈ -7 MV, ≈ 230 kA, ≈ 60 ns drives a Self-Magnetic Pinch (SMP) diode.