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, 11:30 AM – Oct. 30, 2023, 11:42 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, 11:42 AM – Oct. 30, 2023, 11:54 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.<br><br>[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).<br>

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

  Publication: 1 B. Pollock, et. al. Phys. Plasmas (2023)<br>2 M. Sherlock, J. P. Brodrick, and C. P. Ridgers, Phys. Plasmas 24, 082706 (2017).<br>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, 12:06 PM – Oct. 30, 2023, 12:18 PM

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

  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, 12:30 PM – Oct. 30, 2023, 12:42 PM

  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, 12:42 PM – Oct. 30, 2023, 12:54 PM

  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, 12:54 PM – Oct. 30, 2023, 1:06 PM

  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, 1:06 PM – Oct. 30, 2023, 1:18 PM

  Publication: planned: Hansen, E. et al. (2023): FLASH vs. MACH2 comparison for SZP1* in 1D.<br>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, 1:18 PM – Oct. 30, 2023, 1:30 PM

  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, 1:30 PM – Oct. 30, 2023, 1:42 PM

  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.<br>[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, 1:42 PM – Oct. 30, 2023, 1:54 PM

  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, 1:54 PM – Oct. 30, 2023, 2:06 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, 2:06 PM – Oct. 30, 2023, 2:18 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, 2:18 PM – Oct. 30, 2023, 2:30 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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