Photos presenting the QHPA discharge device, taken along the device axis, general view of the cathode transformer, and the experimental setup

Three sectioned capacitor banks serve as energy storage with total energy about 215 kJ. The accelerator main stage receives 150 kJ, the input ionization block — about 60 kJ, and valves — 5 kJ. Valves deliver working gas into the input ionization block

Compression plasma flow:

length — 30-40 cm;

diameter — 3-5 cm

   Plasma parameters:  discharge duration              — 500 msec;

peak current                       — 200 - 450 kA;

plasma velocity                  — (7 - 20)x10⁶ cm/sec;

electron density                  — 10¹⁶ - 10¹⁸ cm^-3;

plasma temperature            — 10 - 15 eV