Target Charging and Wire Array Z-pinches

Presentations

• An empirical target discharging model for direct-drive implosions on OMEGA

  ORAL

  Oct. 29, 2012, 9:30 AM – Oct. 29, 2012, 9:42 AM

  Authors

  • N. Sinenian

    • MIT

  • M.J.-E. Manuel

    • MIT

  • J.A. Frenje

    • MIT

  • F.H. Seguin

    • MIT

  • C.K. Li

    • MIT

  • R.D. Petrasso

    • MIT

  • V. Goncharov

    • LLE

  • J. Delettrez

    • LLE

  • C. Stoeckl

    • LLE

  • T.C. Sangster

    • LLE

  • J. Cobble

    • LANL

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• Mapping kA Return Currents in Laser-generated Z-pinch Plasmas

  ORAL

  Oct. 29, 2012, 9:42 AM – Oct. 29, 2012, 9:54 AM

  Authors

  • M.J.-E. Manuel

    • MIT

  • N. Sinenian

    • MIT

  • F.H. S\'eguin

    • MIT

  • C.K. Li

    • MIT

  • J.A. Frenje

    • MIT

  • H.G. Rinderknecht

    • MIT

  • D.T. Casey

    • MIT

  • A.B. Zylstra

    • MIT

  • R.D. Petrasso

    • MIT

  • M. Fatenejad

    • UC

  • F.N. Beg

    • UCSD

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• Aluminum Wire Array Experiments on the Z Generator

  ORAL

  Oct. 29, 2012, 9:54 AM – Oct. 29, 2012, 10:06 AM

  Authors

  • D.J. Ampleford

    • Sandia National Laboraties

  • S.B. Hansen

    • Sandia National Laboraties

  • C.A. Jennings

    • Sandia National Laboraties

  • B. Jones

    • Sandia National Laboraties

  • M.E. Cuneo

    • Sandia National Laboraties

  • R.W. Clark

    • Naval Research Laboratories

  • Y.K. Chong

    • Naval Research Laboratories

  • J. Apruzese

    • Naval Research Laboratories

  • J.L. Giuliani

    • Naval Research Laboratories

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• ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN

  Oct. 29, 2012, 10:06 AM – Oct. 29, 2012, 10:18 AM

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• Optical Spectroscopic Measurements of the Z Machine Power Flow Region

  ORAL

  Oct. 29, 2012, 10:18 AM – Oct. 29, 2012, 10:30 AM

  Authors

  • Matthew Gomez

    • Sandia National Laboratories

  • Ron Gilgenbach

    • University of Michigan

  • Mike Cuneo

    • Sandia National Laboratories

  • Ryan McBride

    • Sandia National Laboratories

  • Greg Rochau

    • Sandia National Laboratories

  • Brent Jones

    • Sandia National Laboratories

  • Dave Ampleford

    • Sandia National Laboratories

  • Dan Sinars

    • Sandia National Laboratories

  • Jim Bailey

    • Sandia National Laboratories

  • Bill Stygar

    • Sandia National Laboratories

  • Mark Savage

    • Sandia National Laboratories

  • Michael Jones

    • Sandia National Laboratories

  • Aaron Edens

    • Sandia National Laboratories

  • Mike Lopez

    • Sandia National Laboratories

  • E. Stambulchik

    • Weizmann Institute

  • Y. Maron

    • Weizmann Institute

  • Dave Rose

    • Voss Scientific

  • Dale Welch

    • Voss Scientific

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• Study of instabilities in wire-array Z pinches at stagnation

  ORAL

  Oct. 29, 2012, 10:30 AM – Oct. 29, 2012, 10:42 AM

  Authors

  • V.V. Ivanov

    • University of Nevada, Reno, USA

  • J.P. Chittenden

    • Imperial College, London, UK

  • R.C. Mancini

    • University of Nevada, Reno, USA

  • D. Papp

    • University of Nevada, Reno, USA

  • N. Niasse

    • Imperial College, London, UK

  • S.D. Altemara

    • University of Nevada, Reno, USA

  • A.A. Anderson

    • University of Nevada, Reno, USA

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• Theoretical Investigation of Radiation Characteristics of Silver Z-pinch Arrays with Applications

  ORAL

  Oct. 29, 2012, 10:42 AM – Oct. 29, 2012, 10:54 AM

  Authors

  • M.E. Weller

    • UNR
    • University of Nevada, Reno

  • A.S. Safronova

    • University of Nevada, Reno

  • V.L. Kantsyrev

    • University of Nevada, Reno

  • A.A. Esaulov

    • University of Nevada, Reno

  • I. Shrestha

    • University of Nevada, Reno

  • G.C. Osborne

    • University of Nevada, Reno

  • V.V. Shlyaptseva

    • University of Nevada, Reno

  • S.F. Keim

    • University of Nevada, Reno

  • A. Stafford

    • University of Nevada, Reno

  • E.E. Petkov

    • University of Nevada, Reno

  • A.S. Chuvatin

    • Ecole Polytechnique, 91128 Palaiseau, France

  • J.P. Apruzese

    • Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC 20375

  • I.E. Golovkin

    • Prism Computational Sciences, Madison, WI 53711

  • J.J. MacFarlane

    • Prism Computational Sciences, Madison, WI 53711

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• Experiments and Numerical Simulation on a New Hohlraum Configuration with Planar Wire Array Sources at the 1.7 MA Zebra Generator

  ORAL

  Oct. 29, 2012, 10:54 AM – Oct. 29, 2012, 11:06 AM

  Authors

  • V.L. Kantsyrev

    • UNR

  • A.S. Chuvatin

    • Ecole Polytech.

  • L.I. Rudakov

    • Icarus Research Inc.
    • Icarus Inc.

  • A.S. Safronova

    • UNR

  • A.A. Esaulov

    • UNR

  • I. Shrestha

    • UNR

  • G.C. Osborne

    • UNR

  • V.V. Shlyaptseva

    • UNR

  • M.E. Weller

    • UNR
    • University of Nevada, Reno

  • S.F. Keim

    • UNR

  • A. Stafford

    • University of Nevada, Reno
    • UNR

  • B. Jones

    • SNL

  • R.A. Vesey

    • SNL

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• Larger Size Planar Wire Arrays with a Modified Central Plane and Their Applications on Zebra with LCM

  ORAL

  Oct. 29, 2012, 11:06 AM – Oct. 29, 2012, 11:18 AM

  Authors

  • A.S. Safronova

    • UNR

  • A.A. Esaulov

    • UNR

  • V.L. Kantsyrev

    • UNR

  • A.S. Chuvatin

    • Ecole Polytech.

  • C.A. Coverdale

    • Sandia National Labs
    • Sandia National Laboratories
    • SNL

  • B. Jones

    • SNL

  • V.V. Shlyaptseva

    • UNR

  • M.E. Weller

    • UNR
    • University of Nevada, Reno

  • A. Stafford

    • University of Nevada, Reno
    • UNR

  • I. Shrestha

    • UNR

  • G.C. Osborne

    • UNR

  • S.F. Keim

    • UNR

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• Shell-Like Loads and Spherical Arrays Driven by a Two-Stage Wire-Array Configuration

  ORAL

  Oct. 29, 2012, 11:18 AM – Oct. 29, 2012, 11:30 AM

  Authors

  • Gareth Hall

    • Plasma Physics Group, Imperial College London

  • Sergey Lebedev

    • Plasma Physics Group, Imperial College London

  • Essa Khoory

    • Plasma Physics Group, Imperial College London

  • Jeremy Chittenden

    • Plasma Physics Group, Imperial College London

  • Francisco Suzuki-Vidal

    • Plasma Physics Group, Imperial College London

  • George Swadling

    • Plasma Physics Group, Imperial College London

  • Simon Bland

    • Plasma Physics Group, Imperial College London

  • Adam Harvey-Thompson

    • Plasma Physics Group, Imperial College London

  • Guy Burdiak

    • Plasma Physics Group, Imperial College London

  • Philip de Grouchy

    • Plasma Physics Group, Imperial College London

  • Louisa Pickworth

    • Plasma Physics Group, Imperial College London

  • Jonathan Skidmore

    • Plasma Physics Group, Imperial College London

  • Lee Suttle

    • Plasma Physics Group, Imperial College London

  • Matthew Bennett

    • Plasma Physics Group, Imperial College London

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• End-On Laser Interferometry of Wire Array Z-Pinch Implosions on the MAGPIE Generator

  ORAL

  Oct. 29, 2012, 11:30 AM – Oct. 29, 2012, 11:42 AM

  Authors

  • G. Swadling

    • Imperial College

  • S.V. Lebedev

    • Imperial College

  • S. Patankar

    • Imperial College

  • A. Harvey-Thompson

    • Imperial College

  • F. Suzuki-Vidal

    • Imperial College

  • G.N. Hall

    • Imperial College

  • S.N. Bland

    • Imperial College

  • G. Burdiak

    • Imperial College

  • J.P. Chittenden

    • Imperial College

  • P. de Grouchy

    • Imperial College

  • J. Skidmore

    • Imperial College

  • L. Pickworth

    • Imperial College

  • L. Suttle

    • Imperial College

  • M. Bennett

    • Imperial College

  • R.A. Smith

    • Imperial College

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• Predictions of non-LTE spectra from large scale 3D magneto-hydrodynamic modelling of wire array Z-pinches

  ORAL

  Oct. 29, 2012, 11:42 AM – Oct. 29, 2012, 11:54 AM

  Authors

  • Nicolas Niasse

    • Imperial College

  • Jeremy Chittenden

    • Imperial College London
    • Imperial College

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• Hybrid X Pinches at 1.2 MA

  ORAL

  Oct. 29, 2012, 11:54 AM – Oct. 29, 2012, 12:06 PM

  Authors

  • Tatiana A. Shelkovenko

    • Cornell University

  • Sergey A. Pikuz

    • Cornell University

  • Adam D. Cahill

    • Cornell University

  • Cad L. Hoyt

    • Cornell University

  • David A. Hammer

    • Cornell University

  • Ivan N. Tilikin

    • P. N. Lebedev Physical Institute

  • Sergey N. Mishin

    • P. N. Lebedev Physical Institute

  • Albert R. Mingaleev

    • P. N. Lebedev Physical Institute

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• Investigation of the interaction between a supersonic, radiatively cooled, plasma jet with metallic foil targets

  ORAL

  Oct. 29, 2012, 12:06 PM – Oct. 29, 2012, 12:18 PM

  Authors

  • Louisa Pickworth

    • Imperial College London

  • Sergey Lebedev

    • Imperial College
    • Imperial College London

  • Francisco Suzuki-Vidal

    • Imperial College London

  • Simon Bland

    • Imperial College London

  • Gareth Hall

    • Imperial College London

  • George Swadling

    • Imperial College London

  • Matteo Bocchi

    • Imperial College London

  • Guy Burdiak

    • Imperial College London

  • John Skidmore

    • Imperial College London

  • Phil de Grouchy

    • Imperial College London

  • Lee Suttle

    • Imperial College London

  • Mathew Bennett

    • Imperial College London

  • Siddharth Patankar

    • Imperial College London

  • Jerry Chittenden

    • Imperial College London

  • Nicolas Niasse

    • Imperial College London

  • A. Frank

    • University of Rochester

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• Energetic cavitation collapse: tabletop high energy density once per minute with $\sim $1 J, $\sim $1 kW driver

  ORAL

  Oct. 29, 2012, 12:18 PM – Oct. 29, 2012, 12:30 PM

  Authors

  • Marc Ramsey

    • Vanderbilt University

  • Robert Pitz

    • Vanderbilt University

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