Refined design of a new driver for fast capillary discharge

A new driver of the fast capillary discharge has been designed. It consists of the Marx generator and radial Blumline pulse forming line. Such a geome try enables axial access to both capillary ends ("transparent capillary"). This arrangement substantially simplifies the experiments (adjustment, moni toring, applications). The designed apparatus is capable of reaching the di scharge current of the order of 120 kA and the discharge current rise time 2.9x10(12) A/s, which is sufficient for the investigation of amplification in non-traditional electronic transitions.