Publications

Developing An Extended Convolute Post to Drive An X-Pinch for Radiography at the Z Facility

Gomez, Matthew R.; Myers, C.E.; Hatch, M.W.; Hutsel, Brian T.; Jennings, C.A.; Lamppa, Derek C.; Lowinske, M.C.; Maurer, A.; Steiner, Adam M.; Tomlinson, K.; Webb, Timothy J.; Yager-Elorriaga, David A.; Ampleford, David A.

X-ray radiography has been used to diagnose a wide variety of experiments at the Z facility including inertial confinement fusion capsule implosions, the growth of the magneto-Rayleigh-Taylor instability in solid liners, and the development of helical structures in axially magnetized liner implosions. In these experiments, the Z Beamlet laser (1 kJ, 1 ns) was used to generate the x-ray source. An alternate x-ray source is desirable in experiments where the Z Beamlet laser is used for another purpose (e.g., preheating the fuel in magnetized liner inertial fusion experiments) or when multiple radiographic lines of sight are necessary.