Overview of Progress on the MoonCat Experiment

POSTER

Abstract

The platform development goal of the MoonCat Experiment on NIF is to bring the successful COAX platform to NIF from OMEGA [1,2]. COAX use of simultaneous radiography and spectroscopy provides a tighter constraint on radiation flow than is possible with either alone [3]. With greater energy and larger targets on NIF, MoonCat will be well-suited to study the interactions between x-rays and clumpy shells of previously ejected shells in supernova remnants. This work provides greater platform development details on this project in support of a partner talk by E. Feinberg. To date spectroscopy and radiography have both been separately demonstrated. The next step is to develop a target enabling both to occur within the same shot. Demonstration of successful spectroscopy and radiography from supersonic, transonic, and subsonic radiation flows is our prerequisite before leaving platform development for supernova science on MoonCat.

  1. H. Johns, T. Byvank, H. Robey, et al RSI 94, 023502 (2023)

    H. Johns, et al HEDP, 39, 2021 100939

    C.L. Fryer et al HEDP 35 2020

*This work was supported by Los Alamos National Laboratory,an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer, which is operatedby Triad National Security, LLC, for the National Nuclear SecurityAdministration of U.S. Department of Energy under Contract No.89233218CNA000001.

Presenters

  • Heather M Johns

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

Authors

  • Heather M Johns

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

  • Eli Feinberg

    • University of Michigan, LANL

  • Pawel Marek Kozlowski

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

  • Lauren Hobbs

    • Atomic Weapons Establishment

  • Matthew P. Hill

    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • Paul A Keiter

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory

  • Nikolaus S Christiansen

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory

  • Samuel Stringfield

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory

  • Derek W Schmidt

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory

  • Kevin P Driver

    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • Chris L Fryer

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

  • Christopher J Fontes

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

  • David D Meyerhofer

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

  • Robert F Heeter

    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • Yekaterina P Opachich

    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • Theodore S Perry

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

  • Shon T. Prisbrey

    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • Dean R Rusby

    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • Carolyn C Kuranz

    • University of Michigan
    • OCC

  • Todd J Urbatsch

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

  • Andrew J Marshall

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory