Magnetized Inertial Confinement Fusion II

Presentations

• The PLX-$\alpha$ project: demonstrating the viability of spherically imploding plasma liners as an MIF driver

  ORAL

  Nov. 18, 2015, 9:30 AM – Nov. 18, 2015, 9:42 AM

  Authors

  • S.C. Hsu

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory
    • LANL

  • F. Douglas Witherspoon

    • HyperV Technologies Corp.
    • HyperV Technologies

  • Jason Cassibry

    • UAHuntsville
    • Univ of Alabama - Huntsville

  • Mark Gilmore

    • UNM
    • University of New Mexico
    • Univ of New Mexico

  • R. Samulyak

    • Stony Brook University / Brookhaven National Laboratory
    • Brookhaven National Laboratory
    • BNL

  • Peter Stoltz

    • Tech-X Corporation
    • Tech-X
    • Tech-X Corp
    • Tech-X Corp.

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• Coaxial Plasma Gun Development for the ARPA-E PLX-$\alpha$ Project

  ORAL

  Nov. 18, 2015, 9:42 AM – Nov. 18, 2015, 9:54 AM

  Authors

  • F. Douglas Witherspoon

    • HyperV Technologies Corp.
    • HyperV Technologies

  • Andrew Case

    • HyperV Technologies Corp.

  • Samuel Brockington

    • HyperV Technologies Corp.

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• Modeling of the merging, liner formation, implosion of hypervelocity plasma jets for the PLX-$\alpha$ project

  ORAL

  Nov. 18, 2015, 9:54 AM – Nov. 18, 2015, 10:06 AM

  Authors

  • Jason Cassibry

    • Univ of Alabama - Huntsville

  • S.C. Hsu

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory
    • LANL

  • Kevin Schillo

    • Univ of Alabama - Huntsville

  • R. Samulyak

    • Stony Brook University / Brookhaven National Laboratory
    • Brookhaven National Laboratory
    • BNL

  • Peter Stoltz

    • Tech-X Corporation
    • Tech-X
    • Tech-X Corp
    • Tech-X Corp.

  • Kristian Beckwith

    • Tech-X Corporation
    • Tech-X Corp

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• Simulation of Plasma Jet Merger and Liner Formation within the PLX-$\alpha$ Project

  ORAL

  Nov. 18, 2015, 10:06 AM – Nov. 18, 2015, 10:18 AM

  Authors

  • R. Samulyak

    • Stony Brook University / Brookhaven National Laboratory
    • Brookhaven National Laboratory
    • BNL

  • Hsin-Chiang Chen

    • Stony Brook University

  • Wen Shih

    • Stony Brook University

  • S.C. Hsu

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory
    • LANL

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• Stabilized Liner Compressor: The Return of Linus

  ORAL

  Nov. 18, 2015, 10:18 AM – Nov. 18, 2015, 10:30 AM

  Authors

  • Peter Turchi

    • Retired

  • Sherry Frese

    • NumerEx LLC

  • Michael Frese

    • NumerEx LLC

  • Charles Mielke

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory

  • Mark Hinrichs

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory

  • Doan Nguyen

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory

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• Accelerated Taylor plumes for MIF targets

  ORAL

  Nov. 18, 2015, 10:30 AM – Nov. 18, 2015, 10:42 AM

  Authors

  • Mike Brown

    • Swarthmore College

  • D.A. Schaffner

    • Swarthmore College

  • H.L. Parks

    • Swarthmore College

  • A.B. Rock

    • Swarthmore College

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• Microfabricated Ion Beam Drivers for Magnetized Target Fusion

  ORAL

  Nov. 18, 2015, 10:42 AM – Nov. 18, 2015, 10:54 AM

  Authors

  • A. Persaud

    • Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
    • LBNL

  • P.A. Seidl

    • Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
    • LBNL

  • Qing Ji

    • Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

  • Serhan Ardanuc

    • Cornell University

  • Joseph Miller

    • Cornell University

  • Amit Lal

    • Cornell University

  • Thomas Schenkel

    • Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

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• Using a magnetized plasma jet colliding with a heavy gas cloud to investigate MIF adiabatic heating and compression mechanisms

  ORAL

  Nov. 18, 2015, 10:54 AM – Nov. 18, 2015, 11:06 AM

  Authors

  • Paul Bellan

    • Caltech
    • CALTECH
    • California Institute of Technology

  • Pakorn Wongwaitayakornkul

    • Caltech

  • Kil-Byoung Chai

    • Caltech
    • CALTECH
    • California Institute of Technology

  • Amelia Greig

    • Caltech

  • Hui Li

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory
    • Los Alamos National Lab
    • Los Alamos Natl Lab
    • LANL

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• Staged Z-pinch for Fusion

  ORAL

  Nov. 18, 2015, 11:06 AM – Nov. 18, 2015, 11:18 AM

  Authors

  • Frank Wessel

    • Magneto-Inertial Fusion Technologies, Inc
    • Magneto-Inertial Fusion Technologies, Inc.

  • Hafiz Ur Rahman

    • Magneto-Inertial Fusion Technologies, Inc.
    • Magneto-Intertial Fusion Technologies, Inc.

  • Paul Ney

    • Magneto-Inertial Fusion Technologies, Inc.
    • Mt. San Jacinto College

  • Tim Darling

    • University of Nevada, Reno
    • Nevada Terawatt Facility, UNR
    • University of Nevada at Reno

  • Erik McKee

    • UNR
    • University of Nevada, Reno
    • Nevada Terawatt Facility, UNR
    • University of Nevada at Reno

  • Aaron Covington

    • University of Nevada, Reno
    • Nevada Terawatt Facility, UNR
    • Univ of Nevada, Reno
    • University of Nevada at Reno
    • University of Nevada, Reno-Physics Department/Nevada Terawatt Facility

  • Farhat Beg

    • UCSD
    • University of California-San Diego
    • University of California, San Diego

  • Julio Valenzuela

    • University of California, San Diego
    • Center for Energy Research, Univ of California, San Diego

  • Jeff Narkis

    • University of California, San Diego
    • Center for Energy Research, Univ of California, San Diego

  • Radu Presura

    • Voss Scientific, LLC
    • Voss Scientific, Llc
    • Voss Scientific

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• Simulations for a Staged Z-pinch and MagLIF at 26 MA, 130 ns, and 22 MJ

  ORAL

  Nov. 18, 2015, 11:18 AM – Nov. 18, 2015, 11:30 AM

  Authors

  • Hafiz Ur Rahman

    • Magneto-Inertial Fusion Technologies, Inc.
    • Magneto-Intertial Fusion Technologies, Inc.

  • Frank Wessel

    • Magneto-Inertial Fusion Technologies, Inc
    • Magneto-Inertial Fusion Technologies, Inc.

  • Paul Ney

    • Magneto-Inertial Fusion Technologies, Inc.
    • Mt. San Jacinto College

  • Jeff Narkis

    • University of California, San Diego
    • Center for Energy Research, Univ of California, San Diego

  • Julio Valenzuela

    • University of California, San Diego
    • Center for Energy Research, Univ of California, San Diego

  • Farhat Beg

    • UCSD
    • University of California-San Diego
    • University of California, San Diego

  • Radu Presura

    • Voss Scientific, LLC
    • Voss Scientific, Llc
    • Voss Scientific

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• Staged Z-pinch Simulations for the UNR, Nevada Terawatt Zebra Facility

  ORAL

  Nov. 18, 2015, 11:30 AM – Nov. 18, 2015, 11:42 AM

  Authors

  • Paul Ney

    • Magneto-Inertial Fusion Technologies, Inc.

  • Hafiz Ur Rahman

    • Magneto-Inertial Fusion Technologies, Inc.
    • Magneto-Intertial Fusion Technologies, Inc.

  • Frank Wessel

    • Magneto-Inertial Fusion Technologies, Inc
    • Magneto-Inertial Fusion Technologies, Inc.

  • Jeff Narkis

    • University of California, San Diego
    • Center for Energy Research, Univ of California, San Diego

  • Julio Valenzuela

    • University of California, San Diego
    • Center for Energy Research, Univ of California, San Diego

  • Farhat Beg

    • UCSD
    • University of California-San Diego
    • University of California, San Diego

  • Radu Presura

    • Voss Scientific, LLC
    • Voss Scientific, Llc
    • Voss Scientific

  • Tim Darling

    • University of Nevada, Reno
    • Nevada Terawatt Facility, UNR
    • University of Nevada at Reno

  • Erik McKee

    • UNR
    • University of Nevada, Reno
    • Nevada Terawatt Facility, UNR
    • University of Nevada at Reno

  • Aaron Covington

    • University of Nevada, Reno
    • Nevada Terawatt Facility, UNR
    • Univ of Nevada, Reno
    • University of Nevada at Reno
    • University of Nevada, Reno-Physics Department/Nevada Terawatt Facility

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• Interaction of a Plasma Jet with a Magnetized Planar Obstacle

  ORAL

  Nov. 18, 2015, 11:42 AM – Nov. 18, 2015, 11:54 AM

  Authors

  • A.M. Rasmus

    • Univ of Michigan - Ann Arbor
    • University of Michigan

  • M.J.-E. Manuel

    • University of Michigan

  • C.C. Kuranz

    • University of Michigan

  • S.R. Klein

    • University of Michigan

  • J.S. Davis

    • University of Michigan

  • R.P. Drake

    • University of Michigan

  • D.S. Montgomery

    • Los Alamos National Lab

  • S.C. Hsu

    • Los Alamos National Lab

  • C.S. Adams

    • Los Alamos National Lab

  • B.B. Pollock

    • Lawrence Livermore National Lab

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• Turbulent amplification of magnetic fields in colliding laboratory jets

  ORAL

  Nov. 18, 2015, 11:54 AM – Nov. 18, 2015, 12:06 PM

  Authors

  • P. Tzeferacos

    • U. of Chicago

  • J. Meinecke

    • U. of Oxford

  • A.R. Bell

    • U. of Oxford

  • H. Doyle

    • U. of Oxford

  • R. Bingham

    • RAL

  • E.M. Churazov

    • MPIA Garching

  • R. Crowston

    • U. of York

  • C.D. Murphy

    • U. of York

  • N.C. Woolsey

    • U. of York

  • R.P. Drake

    • U. of Michigan

  • C.C. Kuranz

    • U. of Michigan

  • M.J. MacDonald

    • U. of Michigan

  • W.C. Wan

    • U. of Michigan

  • M. Koenig

    • LULI, CNRS CEA

  • A. Pelka

    • LULI, CNRS CEA

  • A. Ravasio

    • LULI, CNRS CEA

  • R. Yurchak

    • LULI, CNRS CEA

  • Y. Kuramitsu

    • Osaka U.

  • Y. Sakawa

    • Osaka U.

  • H.-S. Park

    • LLNL

  • B. Reville

    • Queens U. Belfast

  • F. Miniati

    • ETH Zurich

  • A.A. Schekochihin

    • U. of Oxford

  • D.Q. Lamb

    • U. of Chicago

  • G. Gregori

    • U. of Oxford

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• Production of high-beta magnetised plasmas by colliding supersonic flows from inverse wire arrays

  ORAL

  Nov. 18, 2015, 12:06 PM – Nov. 18, 2015, 12:18 PM

  Authors

  • Jack Hare

    • Department of Physics, Imperial College London

  • Lee Suttle

    • Department of Physics, Imperial College London

  • Sergey Lebedev

    • Department of Physics, Imperial College London

  • Matthew Bennett

    • Department of Physics, Imperial College London

  • Guy Burdiak

    • Department of Physics, Imperial College London

  • Thomas Clayson

    • Department of Physics, Imperial College London

  • Francisco Suzuki-Vidal

    • Department of Physics, Imperial College London

  • George Swadling

    • Department of Physics, Imperial College London

  • Siddharth Patankar

    • Department of Physics, Imperial College London

  • Timothy Robinson

    • Department of Physics, Imperial College London

  • Nicholas Stuart

    • Department of Physics, Imperial College London

  • Roland Smith

    • Department of Physics, Imperial College London

  • Qingguo Yang

    • Institute of Fluid Physics, Chinese Academy of Engineering Physics

  • Jian Wu

    • State Key Laboratory of Electrical Insulation and Power Equipment, Xi'an Jiaotong University

  • Wojciech Rozmus

    • Department of Physics, University of Alberta

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• Compression and Cavitation of Externally Applied Magnetic Field on a Hohlraum due to Non-Local Heat Flow Effects

  ORAL

  Nov. 18, 2015, 12:18 PM – Nov. 18, 2015, 12:30 PM

  Authors

  • Archis Joglekar

    • Univ of Michigan - Ann Arbor

  • Alec Thomas

    • Univ of Michigan - Ann Arbor
    • University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
    • University of Michigan

  • Chris Ridgers

    • University of York

  • Rob Kingham

    • Imperial College - London

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