NIF and Omega Laser Ramp-Compression EOS on Tantalum

ORAL

Abstract

The National Ignition Facility (NIF) offers unprecedented opportunities to push the limits of condensed-matter and materials physics. By using ramp-compression techniques on NIF we will be able to generate and probe matter at very extreme compression. The first ramp-compression EOS experiments at the NIF will be performed this spring. Here we report on our results aiming for ramp-compression EOS data on tantalum to over 5 Mbar. We will also report on ramp-compression x-ray diffraction data on tantalum to over 5 Mbar taken at the Omega laser.

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Authors

  • J.H. Eggert

    Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, LLNL

  • Ray Smith

    LLNL

  • Dave Braun

    LLNL

  • Ryan Rygg

    LLNL, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • Jim Hawreliak

    LLNL, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • Federica Coppari

    LLNL

  • Ted Perry

    LLNL

  • Gilbert Collins

    Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, LLNL, Lawrence Livermore National Lab