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ICOPS/BEAMS 2014 - 41st IEEE International Conference on Plasma Science and the 20th International Conference on High-Power Particle Beams

Gomez, Matthew R.; Slutz, S.A.; Sefkow, Adam B.; Awe, T.J.; Chandler, Gordon A.; Cuneo, M.E.; Geissel, Matthias G.; Hahn, K.D.; Hansen, Stephanie B.; Harding, Eric H.; Harvey-Thompson, Adam J.; Herrmann, Mark H.; Jennings, C.A.; Knapp, P.F.; Lamppa, Derek C.; Martin, M.R.; McBride, Ryan D.; Peterson, Kyle J.; Porter, J.L.; Rochau, G.A.; Rovang, Dean C.; Ruiz, Carlos L.; Schmit, Paul S.; Sinars, Daniel S.; Smith, Ian C.

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Physical Review Letters

Gomez, Matthew R.; Jennings, Christopher A.; Awe, Thomas J.; Geissel, Matthias G.; Rovang, Dean C.; Chandler, Gordon A.; Cuneo, M.E.; Harvey-Thompson, Adam J.; Herrmann, Mark H.; Hess, Mark H.; Slutz, Stephen A.; Johns, Owen J.; Lamppa, Derek C.; Martin, Matthew; McBride, Ryan D.; Peterson, Kyle J.; Robertson, Grafton K.; Rochau, G.A.; Ruiz, Carlos L.; Savage, Mark E.; Sefkow, Adam B.; Smith, Ian C.; Stygar, William A.; Vesey, Roger A.; Sinars, Daniel S.; Hahn, Kelly D.; Hansen, Stephanie B.; Harding, Eric H.; Knapp, Patrick K.; Schmit, Paul S.

This Letter presents results from the first fully integrated experiments testing the magnetized liner inertial fusion concept [S.A. Slutz et al., Phys. Plasmas 17, 056303 (2010)], in which a cylinder of deuterium gas with a preimposed axial magnetic field of 10 T is heated by Z beamlet, a 2.5 kJ, 1 TW laser, and magnetically imploded by a 19 MA current with 100 ns rise time on the Z facility. Despite a predicted peak implosion velocity of only 70 km/s, the fuel reaches a stagnation temperature of approximately 3 keV, with T_e ≈ T_i, and produces up to 2e12 thermonuclear DD neutrons. In this study, X-ray emission indicates a hot fuel region with full width at half maximum ranging from 60 to 120 μm over a 6 mm height and lasting approximately 2 ns. The number of secondary deuterium-tritium neutrons observed was greater than 10¹⁰, indicating significant fuel magnetization given that the estimated radial areal density of the plasma is only 2 mg/cm².

Gomez, Matthew R.; Slutz, Stephen A.; Sefkow, Adam B.; Sinars, Daniel S.; Hahn, Kelly D.; Hansen, Stephanie B.; Harding, Eric H.; Knapp, Patrick K.; Schmit, Paul S.; Jennings, Christopher A.; Awe, Thomas J.; Geissel, Matthias G.; Rovang, Dean C.; Chandler, Gordon A.; Cuneo, M.E.; Harvey-Thompson, Adam J.; Herrmann, Mark H.; Lamppa, Derek C.; Martin, Matthew; McBride, Ryan D.; Peterson, Kyle J.; Porter, John L.; Rochau, G.A.; Ruiz, Carlos L.; Savage, Mark E.; Smith, Ian C.; Vesey, Roger A.

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Gomez, Matthew R.; Slutz, Stephen A.; Sefkow, Adam B.; Sinars, Daniel S.; Hahn, Kelly D.; Hansen, Stephanie B.; Harding, Eric H.; Knapp, Patrick K.; Schmit, Paul S.; Jennings, Christopher A.; Awe, Thomas J.; Geissel, Matthias G.; Rovang, Dean C.; Chandler, Gordon A.; Cuneo, M.E.; Harvey-Thompson, Adam J.; Herrmann, Mark H.; Lamppa, Derek C.; Martin, Matthew; McBride, Ryan D.; Peterson, Kyle J.; Porter, John L.; Rochau, G.A.; Ruiz, Carlos L.; Savage, Mark E.; Smith, Ian C.; Vesey, Roger A.

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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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Herrmann, Mark H.

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Herrmann, Mark H.

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Herrmann, Mark H.

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Physical Review Letters

Peterson, Kyle J.; Awe, Thomas J.; Yu, Edmund Y.; Sinars, Daniel S.; Field, Ella S.; Cuneo, M.E.; Herrmann, Mark H.; Savage, Mark E.

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Herrmann, Mark H.

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Herrmann, Mark H.

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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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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.

Slutz, Stephen A.; Martin, Matthew; McBride, Ryan D.; Rovang, Dean C.; Sinars, Daniel S.; Smith, Ian C.; Sefkow, Adam B.; Harvey-Thompson, Adam J.; Awe, Thomas J.; Cuneo, M.E.; Geissel, Matthias G.; Herrmann, Mark H.; Jennings, Christopher A.; Lamppa, Derek C.

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Sinars, Daniel S.; Peterson, Kyle J.; Vesey, Roger A.; Jennings, Christopher A.; Herrmann, Mark H.; McBride, Ryan D.; Martin, Matthew; Slutz, Stephen A.; Yu, Edmund Y.

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Hansen, Stephanie B.; Harvey-Thompson, Adam J.; Knapp, Patrick K.; Rochau, G.A.; Sinars, Daniel S.; Peterson, Kyle J.; Awe, Thomas J.; Gomez, Matthew R.; Vesey, Roger A.; Slutz, Stephen A.; Herrmann, Mark H.; Jennings, Christopher A.

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Slutz, Stephen A.; Martin, Matthew; McBride, Ryan D.; Rovang, Dean C.; Sinars, Daniel S.; Vesey, Roger A.; Harvey-Thompson, Adam J.; Sefkow, Adam B.; Awe, Thomas J.; Cuneo, M.E.; Herrmann, Mark H.; Jennings, Christopher A.; Lamppa, Derek C.

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McBride, Ryan D.; Sinars, Daniel S.; Cuneo, M.E.; Herrmann, Mark H.; Vesey, Roger A.; Peterson, Kyle J.; Sefkow, Adam B.; Davis, Jean-Paul D.; Flicker, Dawn G.; Awe, Thomas J.; Slutz, Stephen A.; Jennings, Christopher A.; Martin, Matthew; Lemke, Raymond W.; Gomez, Matthew R.; Rovang, Dean C.; Lamppa, Derek C.

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Herrmann, Mark H.

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Awe, Thomas J.; Mckenney, John M.; Owen, Albert C.; Peterson, Kyle J.; Rovang, Dean C.; Sefkow, Adam B.; Sinars, Daniel S.; Slutz, Stephen A.; Stygar, William A.; Vesey, Roger A.; Cuneo, M.E.; Gomez, Matthew R.; Harvey-Thompson, Adam J.; Herrmann, Mark H.; Kast, Brian A.; Lamppa, Derek C.; Mazarakis, Michael G.; McBride, Ryan D.

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Sinars, Daniel S.; Jennings, Christopher A.; Herrmann, Mark H.; McBride, Ryan D.; Cuneo, M.E.; Peterson, Kyle J.; Slutz, Stephen A.; Yu, Edmund Y.

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Cuneo, M.E.; Sinars, Daniel S.; Rochau, G.A.; Knudson, Marcus D.; Jones, Brent M.; Herrmann, Mark H.; Nakhleh, Charles N.

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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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Herrmann, Mark H.

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Dolan, Daniel H.; Seagle, Christopher T.; Ao, Tommy A.; Herrmann, Mark H.

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