Development of a high and low impedance diode testing facility at AWE Aldermaston

To meet the future resolution targets for radiography of hydrodynamic experiments at A WE, the Hydrodynamics Department is creating a dedicated Diode Research Facility (DRF). To perform low impedance diode research (self and rod pinch diodes), the X-ray simulator Eros has been acquired. To drive the high impedance diodes (paraxial and immersed Bz) the EMU machine will be co-located with Eros. The co-location of machines will facilitate the sharing of plasma and X-ray diagnostics being developed at A WE, including a quadrature and heterodyne interferometer and an X-ray framing camera.