RESUMEN
We present the design and parameters of a compact and mobile high-current pulse generator, which can be applied in the study of warm dense matter in university laboratories. The generator dimensions are 550 × 570 × 590 mm3, the weight is â¼70 kg, and it consists of four "bricks" connected in parallel. Each brick, made up of 2 × 40 nF, 100 kV low-inductance capacitors connected in parallel, has its own multi-gap and multichannel ball gas spark switch, triggered via a capacitively coupled triggering by a positive polarity pulse of â¼80 kV amplitude and â¼15 ns rise time. At a charging voltage of â¼70 kV, the generator produces a â¼155 kA current pulse with a rise time of â¼220 ns on a â¼15 nH inductive short-circuit load and a â¼90 kA amplitude current pulse in the underwater electrical explosion of a copper wire.