Transient Electric Field Measurements as Test Diagnostics

The overall objective of the Phase II effort is to further investigate the generations of RF emissions from the detonation of high explosives and how those signatures maybe used to further understand the complex interactions within an event as well as the physics responsible for their generation. To accomplish this objective, IS4S will conduct an optimized series of experiments based on the lessons learned from the Phase I experiments. These experiments will be based on multiple different geometries configured to identify individual contributing factors to the RF signatures. The instrumentation suite will be expanded as well to cover the lower frequency ranges that were not ideally covered by the instrumentation and antenna suite during the Phase I experiments.