\textbf{Spectroscopic Diagnostics Using Line-Radiation in Laser Driven } \textbf{Non-equilibrium Plasmas}

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Abstract

We investigate to diagnose plasma conditions of experiments performed at the Jupiter Laser Facility at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, where X-ray spectroscopic measurements were acquired from sub-critical-density, Ti-doped silica aerogel foams driven by a 2$\omega $ laser at \textasciitilde 5x10$^{\mathrm{14}}$ W/cm$^{\mathrm{2}}$. The ultimate objective is to study the effect of an external B-field in thermally insulating the hot plasma and investigating line-radiation in multi-keV, non-equilibrium plasmas. However, the near-term goal is to infer a time-integrated temperature at several positions along the laser propagation axis for several B-field cases and observe any sensitivity to density with 4.5{\%} of Ti by atomic fraction in SiO$_{\mathrm{2}}$ foam target. We use our non-LTE atomic model with a detailed fine-structure level atomic structure and collisional-radiative rates to investigate the Ti spectra at the estimated plasma conditions of density and temperature conditions. Synthetic spectra are generated with a detailed multi-zone, 1D multi-frequency radiation transport scheme from the emission regions of interest to analyze the experimental data and compare and contrast with the existing simulations at LLNL.

Authors

  • Arati Dasgupta

    United States Naval Research Laboratory, Naval Research Laboratory

  • Nicholas Ouart

    United States Naval Research Laboratory, Naval Research Laboratory

  • Gregory Kemp

    LLNL, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Lawrence Livermore Natl Lab

  • Heath LeFevre

    University of Michigan - Ann Arbor, University of Michigan

  • M.B. Schneider

    LLNL, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Lawrence Livermore Natl Lab

  • John Giuliani

    United States Naval Research Laboratory, Naval Research Laboratory, Plasma Physics Division, Naval Research Laboratory