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Measuring the radiative properties of astrophysical matter using the Z x-ray source

Bailey, James E.; Nagayama, Taisuke N.; Loisel, Guillaume P.; Rochau, G.A.; Blancard, C.B.; Colgan, J.C.; Cosse, Ph.C.; Faussurier, G.F.; Fontes, C.J.F.; Gilleron, F.G.; Golovkin, I.G.; Hansen, Stephanie B.; Iglesias, C.A.I.; Kilcrease, D.P.K.; Macfarlane, Joseph J.; Mancini, Roberto C.; Nahar, S.N.N.; Orban, C.O.; Pain, J.-C.P.; Pradhan, A.K.P.; Sherrill, M.S.; Wilson, B.G.W.

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Iron Opacity Measurements at Solar Interior Temperatures

Bailey, James E.; Nagayama, Taisuke N.; Loisel, Guillaume P.; Rochau, G.A.; Blancard, C.B.; Colgan, J.C.; Cosse, Ph.C.; Faussurier, G.F.; Fontes, C.J.F.; Gilleron, F.G.; Golovkin, I.G.; Hansen, Stephanie B.; Iglesias, C.A.I.; Kilcrease, D.P.K.; Macfarlane, Joseph J.; Mancini, Roberto C.; Nahar, S.N.N.; Orban, C.O.; Pain, J.-C.P.; Pradhan, A.K.P.; Sherrill, M.S.; Wilson, B.G.W.

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Non-thermal x-ray emission from wire array z-pinches

Ampleford, David A.; Hansen, Stephanie B.; Jennings, Christopher A.; Webb, Timothy J.; Harper-Slaboszewicz, V.H.; Loisel, Guillaume P.; Flanagan, Timothy M.; Bell, Kate S.; Jones, Brent M.; Rochau, G.A.; Chittenden, Jeremy P.; Sherlock, Mark S.; Appelbe, Brian A.; Giuliani, John G.; Ouart, Nicholas O.; Seely, John S.; McPherson, Leroy A.

We report on experiments demonstrating the transition from thermally-dominated K-shell line emission to non-thermal, hot-electron-driven inner-shell emission for z pinch plasmas on the Z machine. While x-ray yields from thermal K-shell emission decrease rapidly with increasing atomic number Z, we find that non-thermal emission persists with favorable Z scaling, dominating over thermal emission for Z=42 and higher (hn ≥ 17keV). Initial experiments with Mo (Z=42) and Ag (Z=47) have produced kJ-level emission in the 17-keV and 22-keV Kα lines respectively. We will discuss the electron beam properties that could excite these non - thermal lines. We also report on experiments that have attempted to control non - thermal K - shell line emission by modifying the wire array or load hardware setup.

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ZAPP shot summary

Loisel, Guillaume P.

This was the second Z Astrophysical Plasma Properties (ZAPP) fundamental science shot series of 2015. ZAPP experiments measure fundamental properties of atoms in plasmas to solve the following important astrophysical puzzles: Why can’t we accurately model the opacity of Fe at the convection zone boundary in the Sun? How accurate are the photoionization models used to interpret data from xray satellite observations? and Why doesn’t spectral fitting provide the correct properties for White Dwarfs?

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Measuring the opacity of stellar interior matter in terrestrial laboratories

Bailey, James E.; Nagayama, Taisuke N.; Loisel, Guillaume P.; Rochau, G.A.; Blancard, C.B.; Colgan, J.C.; Cosse, Ph.C.; Faussurier, G.F.; Fontes, C.J.F.; Gilleron, F.G.; Golovkin, I.G.; Hansen, Stephanie B.; Iglesias, C.A.I.; Kilcrease, D.P.K.; Macfarlane, Joseph J.; Mancini, Roberto C.; Nahar, S.N.N.; Orban, C.O.; Pain, J.-C.P.; Pradhan, A.K.P.; Sherrill, M.S.; Wilson, B.G.W.

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Iron Opacity Measurements at Solar Interior Temperatures

Bailey, James E.; Nagayama, Taisuke N.; Loisel, Guillaume P.; Rochau, G.A.; Blancard, C.B.; Colgan, J.C.; Cosse, Ph.C.; Faussurier, G.F.; Fontes, C.J.F.; Gilleron, F.G.; Golovkin, I.G.; Hansen, Stephanie B.; Iglesias, C.A.I.; Kilcrease, D.P.K.; Macfarlane, Joseph J.; Mancini, Roberto C.; Nahar, S.N.N.; Orban, C.O.; Pain, J.-C.P.; Pradhan, A.K.P.; Sherrill, M.S.; Wilson, B.G.W.

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Results 51–75 of 97
Results 51–75 of 97