Recent Progress at the Wootton Center for Astrophysical Plasma Properties

ORAL

Abstract

We explore recent physical and astrophysical progress in the current suite of experiments conducted by the Wootton Center for Astrophysical Plasma Properties (WCAPP) on the Z-machine at Sandia National Laboratories (SNL), as well as preliminary results from a new series of experiments, begun this year, at NIF.  This work is foundational.  Upon it we build our understanding of the Sun and Sun-like stars, radiation dominated plasma in accretion disks around compact objects–including supermassive black holes at the centers of galaxies, and white dwarf stars, the compact endpoint of almost all stars.  The talks that follow in this section will detail the progress we have made in each of these areas.

*WCAPP is managed and operated under DOE NNSA DE-NA0003843. SNL is managed and operated by NTESS under DOE NNSA contract DE-NS0003525. The work at NIF is performed under the U.S. Department of Energy LANL contract 89233218CNA000001, LLNL Contract No. DE-AC52-07NA27344

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Presenters

  • Don E Winget

    • University of Texas - Austin
    • University of Texas at Austin

Authors

  • Don E Winget

    • University of Texas - Austin
    • University of Texas at Austin

  • Michael H Montgomery

    • University of Texas - Austin
    • University of Texas at Austin
    • The University of Texas at Austin

  • Roberto C Mancini

    • University of Nevada, Reno

  • Bart H Dunlap

    • University of Texas at Austin

  • Guillaume P Loisel

    • Sandia National Laboratories

  • Taisuke Nagayama

    • Sandia National Laboratories

  • James E Bailey

    • Sandia National Laboratories

  • Thomas A Gomez

    • Sandia National Laboratories

  • Marc-Andre Schaeuble

    • Sandia National Laboratories

  • Patricia B Cho

    • University of Texas at Austin

  • Daniel C Mayes

    • University of Texas - Austin
    • University of Texas at Austin
    • University of Texas, Austin
    • University of Nevada, Reno

  • Kyle J Swanson

    • University of Nevada, Reno

  • Robert F Heeter

    • Lawrence Livermore Natl Lab
    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • Theodore S Perry

    • Los Alamos Natl Lab
    • Los Alamos National Laboratory
    • Los Alamos National Lab
    • Lawrence Livermore Natl Lab

  • Kathy P Opachich

    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
    • Lawrence Livermore Natl Lab

  • Harry F Robey

    • Lawrence Livermore Natl Lab