Opacity Experiments At The National Ignition Facility (NIF)

ORAL

Abstract

X-ray opacities are essential to the radiation-hydrodynamic simulations used to model astrophysical systems or inertial confinement fusion experiments. Recent opacity experiments have shown up to a factor of two discrepancy between theory and experiment. To address this issue a new experimental opacity platform is being developed on the NIF to crosscheck the recent results. The first experiments, starting in 2017, will begin by measuring the opacity of iron at a temperature of \textasciitilde 160 eV and an electron density of \textasciitilde 7x10$^{\mathrm{21}}$ cm$^{\mathrm{-3}}$. This and several following presentations will describe this effort.

*This work was performed under the auspices of the U.S. Department of Energy by Los Alamos National Lab under Contract DE-AC52-06NA25396

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Authors

  • T.S. Perry

    • Los Alamos Natl Lab

  • J.L. Kline

    • Los Alamos Natl Lab

  • K.A. Flippo

    • Los Alamos Natl Lab

  • M.E. Sherrill

    • Los Alamos Natl Lab

  • E.S. Dodd

    • Los Alamos Natl Lab

  • B.G. DeVolder

    • Los Alamos Natl Lab

  • T.J. Urbatsch

    • Los Alamos Natl Lab

  • R.F Heeter

    • Lawrence Livermore Natl Lab

  • M.B. Schneider

    • Lawrence Livermore Natl Lab

  • D.A. Liedahl

    • Lawrence Livermore Natl Lab

  • B.G. Wilson

    • Lawrence Livermore Natl Lab

  • C.A. Iglesias

    • Lawrence Livermore Natl Lab

  • Y.P. Opachich

    • National Security Technologies

  • P.W. Ross

    • National Security Technologies

  • J.E. Bailey

    • Sandia Natl Lab

  • G.A. Rochau

    • Sandia Natl Lab