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High energy X-ray pinhole imaging at the Z facility

Review of Scientific Instruments

McPherson, Leroy A.; Ampleford, David A.; Coverdale, Christine A.; Argo, J.W.; Owen, Albert C.; Jaramillo, Deanna M.

A new high photon energy (hν > 15 keV) time-integrated pinhole camera (TIPC) has been developed as a diagnostic instrument at the Z facility. This camera employs five pinholes in a linear array for recording five images at once onto an image plate detector. Each pinhole may be independently filtered to yield five different spectral responses. The pinhole array is fabricated from a 1-cm thick tungsten block and is available with either straight pinholes or conical pinholes. Each pinhole within the array block is 250 μm in diameter. The five pinholes are splayed with respect to each other such that they point to the same location in space, and hence present the same view of the radiation source at the Z facility. The fielding distance from the radiation source is 66 cm and the nominal image magnification is 0.374. Initial experimental results from TIPC are shown to illustrate the performance of the camera.

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Modified 3D-helix-like instability structure for imploding Z-pinch liners that are premagnetized with a uniform axial field

Awe, Thomas J.; Jennings, Christopher A.; McBride, Ryan D.; Cuneo, M.E.; Lamppa, Derek C.; Martin, Matthew; Rovang, Dean C.; Sinars, Daniel S.; Slutz, Stephen A.; Owen, Albert C.; Gomez, Matthew R.; Hansen, Stephanie B.; Harding, Eric H.; Herrmann, Mark H.; Jones, Michael J.; Knapp, Patrick K.; Mckenney, John M.; Peterson, Kyle J.; Robertson, Grafton K.; Rochau, G.A.; Savage, Mark E.; Schmit, Paul S.; Sefkow, Adam B.; Stygar, William A.; Vesey, Roger A.; Yu, Edmund Y.; Tomlinson, Kurt T.; Schroen, Diana G.

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Modified helix-like instability structure on imploding z-pinch liners that are pre-imposed with a uniform axial magnetic field

Physics of Plasmas

Awe, Thomas J.; Owen, Albert C.; Gomez, Matthew R.; Hansen, Stephanie B.; Herrmann, Mark H.; Jones, Michael J.; Mckenney, John M.; Robertson, Grafton K.; Rochau, G.A.; Savage, Mark E.; Stygar, William A.; Jennings, Christopher A.; McBride, Ryan D.; Lamppa, Derek C.; Martin, Matthew; Rovang, Dean C.; Sinars, Daniel S.; Slutz, Stephen A.; Cuneo, M.E.

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Observations of Modified Three-Dimensional Instability Structure for Imploding z -Pinch Liners that are Premagnetized with an Axial Field

Physical Review Letters

McBride, Ryan D.; Gomez, Matthew R.; Hansen, Stephanie B.; Herrmann, Mark H.; Mckenney, John M.; Robertson, Grafton K.; Rochau, G.A.; Savage, Mark E.; Stygar, William A.; Jennings, Christopher A.; Lamppa, Derek C.; Martin, Matthew; Rovang, Dean C.; Slutz, Stephen A.; Cuneo, M.E.; Owen, Albert C.; Sinars, Daniel S.

Novel experimental data are reported that reveal helical instability formation on imploding z -pinch liners that are premagnetized with an axial field. Such instabilities differ dramatically from the mostly azimuthally symmetric instabilities that form on unmagnetized liners. The helical structure persists at nearly constant pitch as the liner implodes. This is surprising since, at the liner surface, the azimuthal drive field presumably dwarfs the axial field for all but the earliest stages of the experiment. These fundamentally 3D results provide a unique and challenging test for 3D-magnetohydrodynamics simulations.

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Conceptual designs of 300-TW and 800-TW pulsed-power accelerators

Stygar, William A.; Fowler, William E.; Gomez, Matthew R.; Harmon, Roger L.; Herrmann, Mark H.; Huber, Dale L.; Hutsel, Brian T.; Bailey, James E.; Jones, Michael J.; Jones, Peter A.; Leckbee, Joshua L.; Lee, James R.; Lewis, Scot A.; Long, Finis W.; Lopez, Mike R.; Lucero, Diego J.; Matzen, M.K.; Mazarakis, Michael G.; McBride, Ryan D.; McKee, George R.; Nakhleh, Charles N.; Owen, Albert C.; Rochau, G.A.; Savage, Mark E.; Schwarz, Jens S.; Sefkow, Adam B.; Sinars, Daniel S.; Stoltzfus, Brian S.; Vesey, Roger A.; Wakeland, P.; Cuneo, M.E.; Flicker, Dawn G.; Focia, Ronald J.

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Pulsed-power driven inertial confinement fusion development at Sandia National Laboratories

Proposed for publication in 5th Special Issue of the IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science Z-Pinch Plasmas.

Cuneo, M.E.; Mazarakis, Michael G.; Lamppa, Derek C.; Kaye, Ronald J.; Nakhleh, Charles N.; Bailey, James E.; Hansen, Stephanie B.; McBride, Ryan D.; Herrmann, Mark H.; Lopez, A.; Peterson, Kyle J.; Ampleford, David A.; Jones, Michael J.; Savage, Mark E.; Jennings, Christopher A.; Martin, Matthew; Slutz, Stephen A.; Lemke, Raymond W.; Christenson, Peggy J.; Sweeney, Mary A.; Jones, Brent M.; Yu, Edmund Y.; McPherson, Leroy A.; Harding, Eric H.; Knapp, Patrick K.; Gomez, Matthew R.; Awe, Thomas J.; Stygar, William A.; Leeper, Ramon J.; Ruiz, Carlos L.; Chandler, Gordon A.; Mckenney, John M.; Owen, Albert C.; McKee, George R.; Matzen, M.K.; Leifeste, Gordon T.; Atherton, B.W.; Vesey, Roger A.; Smith, Ian C.; Geissel, Matthias G.; Rambo, Patrick K.; Sinars, Daniel S.; Sefkow, Adam B.; Rovang, Dean C.; Rochau, G.A.

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Copy of An overview of pulse compression and power flow in the upgraded Z pulsed power driver

Savage, Mark E.; Maenchen, John E.; McDaniel, Dillon H.; Pasik, Michael F.; Pointon, Timothy D.; Owen, Albert C.; Seidel, David B.; Stoltzfus, Brian S.; Struve, Kenneth W.; Warne, Larry K.; Bennett, Lawrence F.; Woodworth, Joseph R.; Bliss, David E.; Clark, Waylon T.; Coats, Rebecca S.; Elizondo-Decanini, Juan M.; LeChien, Keith R.; Harjes, Henry C.; Lehr, J.M.

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