Magneto-Inertial Fusion, Z-pinches, X-pinches & Pulsed Power-Driven Plasmas

Presentations

• Spectroscopic signatures of Co-doped liners in a Magnetized Liner Inertial Fusion implosion at Z

  ORAL

  Oct. 30, 2023, 9:30 AM – Oct. 30, 2023, 9:42 AM

  Presenters

  • Jason Clapp

    • University of Nevada, Reno

  Authors

  • Jason Clapp

    • University of Nevada, Reno

  • Roberto C Mancini

    • University of Nevada, Reno

  • Eric C Harding

    • Sandia National Lab
    • Sandia National Laboratories

  • Adam Harvey-Thompson

    • Sandia National Laboratories

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• Magnetic Flux Compression of Helical Instability Modes on Imploding Gas Liners

  ORAL

  Oct. 30, 2023, 9:42 AM – Oct. 30, 2023, 9:54 AM

  Publication: [1] D. Yager-Elorriaga et al., "An overview of magneto-inertial fusion on the Z Machine at Sandia National Laboratories," Nuclear Fusion, 2021.
  
  [2] D. D. Ryutov et al., "Effect of axial magnetic flux compression on the magnetic Rayleigh-Taylor instability (theory)", in the Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Dense Z-Pinches, AIP Conf. Proc. 1639, 63 (2014).
  

  Presenters

  • Joe M Chen

    • University of Michigan

  Authors

  • Joe M Chen

    • University of Michigan

  • George V Dowhan

    • University of Michigan

  • Brendan J Sporer

    • University of Michigan

  • David A Yager-Elorriaga

    • Sandia National Laboratories

  • Nicholas M Jordan

    • University of Michigan

  • Ryan D McBride

    • University of Michigan

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• Comparisons of Kinetic Effects on Heat Transport to Classical Fluid Models in Magnetized Gaspipes on NIF

  ORAL

  Oct. 30, 2023, 9:54 AM – Oct. 30, 2023, 10:06 AM

  Publication: 1 B. Pollock, et. al. Phys. Plasmas (2023)
  2 M. Sherlock, J. P. Brodrick, and C. P. Ridgers, Phys. Plasmas 24, 082706 (2017).
  3 Schurtz et al., Phys. Plasmas 7, 4238 (2000)

  Presenters

  • Ryan Y Lau

    • University of Colorado, Boulder

  Authors

  • Ryan Y Lau

    • University of Colorado, Boulder

  • David J Strozzi

    • Lawrence Livermore Natl Lab
    • LLNL
    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • Mark W Sherlock

    • Lawrence Livermore Natl Lab
    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • William A Farmer

    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
    • Lawrence Livermore Natl Lab

  • Yuan Shi

    • University of Colorado Boulder
    • Lawrence Livermore Natl Lab
    • University of Colorado Boulder/Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
    • Lawrence Livermore National Lab

  • Matt R Weis

    • Sandia National Laboratories

  • John R Cary

    • University of Colorado, Boulder

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• Proton Radiography of Bounded, Magnetized Plasma relevant to MagLIF

  ORAL

  Oct. 30, 2023, 10:06 AM – Oct. 30, 2023, 10:18 AM

  Presenters

  • Sophia Malko

    • Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory

  Authors

  • Sophia Malko

    • Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory

  • Chris A Walsh

    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
    • Lawrence Livermore Natl Lab

  • Jeffrey Fein

    • Sandia National Laboratories

  • Adam Harvey-Thompson

    • Sandia National Laboratories

  • Daniel E Ruiz

    • Sandia National Laboratories

  • Matt R Weis

    • Sandia National Laboratories

  • Jesse Griff-McMahon

    • Princeton University

  • Vicente Valenzuela-Villaseca

    • Princeton University

  • Derek B Schaeffer

    • University of California, Los Angeles
    • University of California Los Angeles

  • Gennady Fiksel

    • University of Michigan

  • Cameron A Frank

    • University of Delaware

  • Arijit Bose

    • University of Delaware

  • William R Fox

    • Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory

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• Early-time temperature growth due to a three-dimensional, nonlinear perturbation in current-driven metal

  ORAL

  Oct. 30, 2023, 10:18 AM – Oct. 30, 2023, 10:30 AM

  Publication: E.P. Yu, T.J. Awe, K.R. Cochrane et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 130, 255101 (2023)

  Presenters

  • Edmund P Yu

    • Sandia National Laboratories

  Authors

  • Edmund P Yu

    • Sandia National Laboratories

  • Thomas J Awe

    • Sandia National Laboratories

  • Kyle R Cochrane

    • Sandia National Laboratories

  • Kyle J Peterson

    • Sandia National Laboratories

  • Kevin C Yates

    • Sandia National Laboratories

  • Trevor M Hutchinson

    • Lawrence Livermore Natl Lab

  • Maren W Hatch

    • Sandia National Laboratores

  • Bruno S Bauer

    • University of Nevada, Reno

  • Kurt Tomlinson

    • General Atomics

  • Daniel B Sinars

    • Sandia National Laboratories

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• High resolution investigations of the electrothermal instability using advanced light sources

  ORAL

  Oct. 30, 2023, 10:30 AM – Oct. 30, 2023, 10:42 AM

  Presenters

  • Jergus Strucka

    • Imperial College London

  Authors

  • Jergus Strucka

    • Imperial College London

  • Kassim Mughal

    • Imperial College London

  • Yifan Yao

    • Imperial College London

  • Bratislav Lukic

    • European Synchrotron Radiation Facility

  • Daniel Maler

    • Technion - Israel Institute of Technology

  • Sergey Efimov

    • Technion - Israel Institute of Technology

  • Oleg Belozerov

    • Technion - Israel Institute of Technology

  • Jonathan Skidmore

    • First Light Fusion

  • Thomas G White

    • University of Nevada, Reno

  • Eric C Galtier

    • SLAC - National Accelerator Laboratory

  • Alexander Rack

    • European Synchrotron Radiation Facility

  • Yakov Krasik

    • Technion - Israel Institute of Technology

  • Jeremy P Chittenden

    • Imperial College London

  • Simon N Bland

    • Imperial College London

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• FLEXO: A Next Generation Simuilation Capability for Pulsed Power Experimental Design

  ORAL

  Oct. 30, 2023, 10:42 AM – Oct. 30, 2023, 10:54 AM

  Presenters

  • Thomas E Voth

    • Sandia National Laboratories

  Authors

  • Thomas E Voth

    • Sandia National Laboratories

  • Stephen D Bond

    • Sandia National Laboratories

  • Marissa B Adams

    • Sandia National Laboratories
    • Sandia National Laboratory

  • Kris Beckwith

    • Sandia National Laboratories
    • Sandia National Laboratory

  • Thomas A Gardiner

    • Sandia National Laboratories

  • Brian N Granzow

    • Sandia National Laboratories

  • Nathaniel D Hamlin

    • Sandia National Laboratories

  • Matthew R Martin

    • Sandia National Laboratories

  • Matt R Weis

    • Sandia National Laboratories

  • Jeff M Woolstrum

    • Sandia National Laboratories

  • Luke N Shulenburger

    • Sandia National Laboratories

  • Steve W Bova

    • Sandia National Laboratories

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• Effect of a Pulsed Magnetic Mirror on Wire-array Z-pinch

  ORAL

  Oct. 30, 2023, 10:54 AM – Oct. 30, 2023, 11:06 AM

  Presenters

  • Chiatai Chen

    • Cornell University

  Authors

  • Chiatai Chen

    • Cornell University

  • Eric S Lavine

    • Cornell University

  • William M Potter

    • Cornell University
    • Cornell university

  • Charles E Seyler

    • Cornell University

  • Bruce R Kusse

    • Cornell University

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• Studying Gas Puff Xe Liner Staged Z-Pinch stability with FLASH simulations

  ORAL

  Oct. 30, 2023, 11:06 AM – Oct. 30, 2023, 11:18 AM

  Publication: planned: Hansen, E. et al. (2023): FLASH vs. MACH2 comparison for SZP1* in 1D.
  planned: Tranchant, V. et al. (2023): FLASH 2D simulations for SZP1*, analysis of stabilization of MRTI.

  Presenters

  • Victor Tranchant

    • University of Rochester

  Authors

  • Victor Tranchant

    • University of Rochester

  • Edward C Hansen

    • University of Rochester

  • Fernando Garcia Rubio

    • University of Rochester
    • Laboratory for Laser Energetics

  • Kasper Moczulski

    • University of Rochester

  • Adam Reyes

    • University of Rochester

  • Petros Tzeferacos

    • University of Rochester

  • Marissa B Adams

    • Sandia National Laboratories
    • Sandia National Laboratory

  • Paul Ney

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

  • Hafiz U Rahman

    • Magneto-Inertial Fusion Technology Inc.

  • Emil Ruskov

    • Magneto-Inertial Fusion Technology, Inc.

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• Staged Z-pinch experiments and modelling on the 4 MA pulsed power generator Double Eagle

  ORAL

  Oct. 30, 2023, 11:18 AM – Oct. 30, 2023, 11:30 AM

  Presenters

  • Hafiz U Rahman

    • Magneto-Inertial Fusion Technology Inc.

  Authors

  • Emil Ruskov

    • Magneto-Inertial Fusion Technology, Inc.

  • Hafiz U Rahman

    • Magneto-Inertial Fusion Technology Inc.

  • Paul Ney

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

  • David G Phipps

    • L3Harris, 2700 Merced St. San Leandro, CA 94577

  • Emil Petkov

    • L3Harris, 2700 Merced St. San Leandro, CA 94577

  • Lindsay Miller

    • L3Harris, 2700 Merced St. San Leandro, CA 94577

  • barbara whitton

    • L3Harris, 2700 Merced St. San Leandro, CA 94577

  • Anthony J Link

    • Lawrence Livermore Natl Lab
    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • Amanda Youmans

    • Lawrence Livermore natl laboratory
    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • Drew Higginson

    • Lawrence Livermore Natl Lab
    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • Samantha T Fong

    • Center for Energy research, Univ. of California San Diego, LaJolla, CA 92092 USA
    • Center for Energy Research UC San Diego, San Diego, CA 92093

  • Farhat Beg

    • University of California, San Diego
    • University of California San Diego
    • Center for Energy Research UC San Diego, San Diego, CA 92093

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• A comparative study of single and double gas puff Z-pinches on CESZAR

  ORAL

  Oct. 30, 2023, 11:30 AM – Oct. 30, 2023, 11:42 AM

  Publication: [1] J. L. Giuliani and R. J. Commisso, "A Review of the Gas-Puff Z-Pinch as an X-Ray and Neutron Source," IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science, vol. 43, no. 8, pp. 2385–2453, 2015, doi: 10.1109/TPS.2015.2451157.
  [2] S. M. Gol'berg and A. L. Velikovich, "Suppression of Rayleigh-Taylor instability by the snowplow mechanism," Physics of Fluids B, vol. 5, no. 4, pp. 1164–1172, 1993, doi: 10.1063/1.860974.

  Presenters

  • Apsara Williams

    • University of California San Diego
    • University of California, San Diego

  Authors

  • Apsara Williams

    • University of California San Diego
    • University of California, San Diego

  • Fabio Conti

    • University of California San Diego
    • Center for Energy research, Univ. of California San Diego, LaJolla, CA 92092 USA

  • Hafiz U Rahman

    • Magneto-Inertial Fusion Technology Inc.

  • Samantha T Fong

    • Center for Energy research, Univ. of California San Diego, LaJolla, CA 92092 USA
    • Center for Energy Research UC San Diego, San Diego, CA 92093

  • Vladimir Fadeev

    • Center for Energy research, Univ. of California San Diego, LaJolla, CA 92092 USA

  • Farhat N Beg

    • UC San Diego
    • Center for Energy research, Univ. of California San Diego, LaJolla, CA 92092 USA

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• High-energy X-Pinch characterization for dynamic X-ray diffraction

  ORAL

  Oct. 30, 2023, 11:42 AM – Oct. 30, 2023, 11:54 AM

  Presenters

  • David PALMA DE BARROS

    • CEA Gramat

  Authors

  • David PALMA DE BARROS

    • CEA Gramat

  • Alice Delaunay

    • CEA

  • Elora GUILLOTEAU

    • CEA Gramat

  • Camille Chauvin

    • CEA Gramat

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• X-ray emission from exotic ions in dense Al pulsed power plasmas

  ORAL

  Oct. 30, 2023, 11:54 AM – Oct. 30, 2023, 12:06 PM

  Presenters

  • Alla S Safronova

    • University of Nevada, Reno

  Authors

  • Alla S Safronova

    • University of Nevada, Reno

  • Victor L Kantsyrev

    • University of Nevada, Reno

  • Christopher J Butcher

    • University of Nevada, Reno

  • Veronica V Shlyaptseva

    • University of Nevada, Reno

  • Ryan R Childers

    • University of Nevada, Reno

  • Austin Stafford

    • University of Nevada, Reno

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• Stagnation Column Radius and Neutron Spot Size in the MJOLNIR Dense Plasma Focus

  ORAL

  Oct. 30, 2023, 12:06 PM – Oct. 30, 2023, 12:18 PM

  Presenters

  • Sophia V Rocco

    • LLNL
    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  Authors

  • Sophia V Rocco

    • LLNL
    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • Brian H Shaw

    • Lawrence Livermore Natl Lab

  • Clement S Goyon

    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • Christopher Cooper

    • Lawrence Livermore Natl Lab
    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
    • LLNL

  • Steven F Chapman

    • Lawrence Livermore National Lab
    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
    • LLNL

  • Sheng Jiang

    • Lawrence Livermore Natl Lab
    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • Owen B Drury

    • Lawrence Livermore National Lab
    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
    • LLNL
    • Lawrence Livermore Natl Lab

  • Anthony J Link

    • Lawrence Livermore Natl Lab
    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • Amanda Youmans

    • Lawrence Livermore natl laboratory
    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • Jaebum Park

    • Lawrence Livermore National Lab
    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
    • LLNL

  • Donald Max

    • Lawrence Livermore National Lab
    • Mission Support and Test Services
    • LLNL

  • Enrique Anaya

    • Lawrence Livermore National Lab
    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
    • LLNL

  • Luis Frausto

    • Lawrence Livermore National Lab
    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
    • LLNL

  • James K Walters

    • Lawrence Livermore National Lab
    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
    • LLNL

  • Andrea Schmidt

    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
    • LLNL

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• University-Scale Dense Plasma Focus Sparky III

  ORAL

  Oct. 30, 2023, 12:18 PM – Oct. 30, 2023, 12:30 PM

  Presenters

  • Christopher J Butcher

    • University of Nevada, Reno

  Authors

  • Christopher J Butcher

    • University of Nevada, Reno

  • Victor L Kantsyrev

    • University of Nevada, Reno

  • Alla S Safronova

    • University of Nevada, Reno

  • Michael D Stoddard

    • University of Nevada, Reno

  • Stuart L Jackson

    • Plasma Physics Division, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory

  • Andrey R Beresynak

    • Plasma Physics Division, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory

  • Robert J Commisso

    • Independent Consultant to NRL through CTI/HII

  • Eric R Kaiser

    • Plasma Physics Division, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory

  • Joseph W Schumer

    • Plasma Physics Division, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory

  • Arati Dastgupta

    • Plasma Physics Division, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory

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