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Laser-Plasma Acceleration Driven Electron Radiography of High-Energy-Density Materials on the OMEGA EP Laser

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Abstract

Contact and projection electron radiography using a laser-plasma electron accelerator driven by the OMEGA EP laser are shown for static targets. Initial electron radiographs of laser-driven foils are shown along with a discussion of future experiments and applications for inertial confinement fusion, high-energy-density, and laser–plasma interaction experiments. A special emphasis is made on upcoming electron radiography experiments of hohlraum wall stand-in targets and the role electron radiography could play in determining sources of energy loss in hohlraums.

Publication: Single-Shot Electron Radiography Using a Laser-Plasma Accelerator Driven by a Kilojoule-Class, Picosecond Laser (paper in preparation)

Presenters

  • Gerrit Bruhaug

    University of Rochester

Authors

  • Gerrit Bruhaug

    University of Rochester

  • Hans Rinderknecht

    Laboratory for Laser Energetics, Laboratory for Laser Energetics - Rochester, Laboratory for Laser Energetics, U. of Rochester, University of Rochester, Laboratory for Laser Energetics, University of Rochester

  • Mingsheng Wei

    University of Rochester, Laboratory for Laser Energetics

  • Gilbert W Collins

    University of Rochester Laboratory for Laser Energetics, University of Rochester, University of Rochester, Laboratory for Laser Energetics, Laboratory for Laser Energetics, University of Rochester

  • J. Ryan Rygg

    University of Rochester, Laboratory for Laser Energetics, University of Rochester

  • Jessica L Shaw

    Laboratory for Laser Energetics, University of Rochester

  • Matthew Freeman

    Los Alamos National Laboratory

  • Levi P Neukirch

    Los Alamos National Laboratory

  • Carl H Wilde

    Los Alamos National Laboratory

  • Frank Merrill

    Los Alamos Natl Lab