Publications

Yu, Edmund Y.; Awe, T.JA.; Bauer, B.S.B.; Yates, K.C.Y.; Yelton, William G.; Hutchinson, T.M.H.; Fuelling, S.F.; McKenzie, Bonnie B.; Peterson, Kyle J.

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Jennings, Christopher A.; Adams, M.B.A.; Peterson, Kyle J.; Gourdain, P.-A.G.

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Glinsky, Michael E.; Weis, Matthew R.; Jennings, Christopher A.; Peterson, Kyle J.; Nagayama, Taisuke N.; Harvey-Thompson, Adam J.; Geissel, Matthias G.

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Peterson, Kyle J.

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Hahn, Kelly D.; Chandler, Gordon A.; Ruiz, Carlos L.; Cooper, Gary W.; Gomez, Matthew R.; Slutz, Stephen A.; Sefkow, Adam B.; Sinars, Daniel S.; Hansen, Stephanie B.; Knapp, Patrick K.; Schmit, Paul S.; Harding, Eric H.; Jennings, Christopher A.; Awe, Thomas J.; Geissel, Matthias G.; Rovang, Dean C.; Torres, Jose A.; Bur, James A.; Cuneo, M.E.; Glebov, V.Yu.; Harvey-Thompson, Adam J.; Hess, Mark H.; Johns, Owen J.; Jones, Brent M.; Lamppa, Derek C.; Lash, Joel S.; Martin, Matthew; McBride, Ryan D.; Peterson, Kyle J.; Porter, John L.; Reneker, Joseph R.; Robertson, Grafton K.; Rochau, G.A.; Savage, Mark E.; Smith, Ian C.; Styron, Jedediah D.; Vesey, Roger A.

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Peterson, Kyle J.

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Peterson, Kyle J.

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Glinsky, Michael E.; Weis, Matthew R.; Harvey-Thompson, Adam J.; Geissel, Matthias G.; Jennings, Christopher A.; Nagayama, Taisuke N.; Peterson, Kyle J.

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Hahn, Kelly D.; Chandler, Gordon A.; Ruiz, Carlos L.; Cooper, Gary W.; Gomez, Matthew R.; Slutz, Stephen A.; Sefkow, Adam B.; Sinars, Daniel S.; Hansen, Stephanie B.; Knapp, Patrick K.; Schmit, Paul S.; Harding, Eric H.; Jennings, Christopher A.; Awe, Thomas J.; Geissel, Matthias G.; Rovang, Dean C.; Torres, Jose A.; Bur, James A.; Cuneo, M.E.; Glebov, V.Yu.; Harvey-Thompson, Adam J.; Hess, Mark H.; Johns, Owen J.; Jones, Brent M.; Lamppa, Derek C.; Lash, Joel S.; Martin, Matthew; McBride, Ryan D.; Peterson, Kyle J.; Porter, John L.; Reneker, Joseph R.; Robertson, Grafton K.; Rochau, G.A.; Savage, Mark E.; Smith, Ian C.; Styron, Jedediah D.; Vesey, Roger A.

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Journal of Physics: Conference Series

Hahn, K.D.; Chandler, Gordon A.; Ruiz, Carlos L.; Cooper, Gary W.; Gomez, Matthew R.; Slutz, S.; Sefkow, Adam B.; Sinars, Daniel S.; Hansen, Stephanie B.; Knapp, P.F.; Schmit, Paul S.; Harding, Eric H.; Jennings, C.A.; Awe, T.J.; Geissel, Matthias G.; Rovang, Dean C.; Torres, Jose A.; Bur, J.A.; Cuneo, M.E.; Glebov, V.Y.; Harvey-Thompson, Adam J.; Herrman, M.C.; Hess, Mark H.; Johns, Owen J.; Jones, Brent M.; Lamppa, Derek C.; Lash, Joel S.; Martin, M.R.; McBride, Ryan D.; Peterson, Kyle J.; Porter, John L.; Reneker, Joseph R.; Robertson, Grafton K.; Rochau, G.A.; Savage, Mark E.; Smith, Ian C.; Styron, Jedediah D.; Vesey, Roger A.

Several magnetized liner inertial fusion (MagLIF) experiments have been conducted on the Z accelerator at Sandia National Laboratories since late 2013. Measurements of the primary DD (2.45 MeV) neutrons for these experiments suggest that the neutron production is thermonuclear. Primary DD yields up to 3e12 with ion temperatures ∼2-3 keV have been achieved. Measurements of the secondary DT (14 MeV) neutrons indicate that the fuel is significantly magnetized. Measurements of down-scattered neutrons from the beryllium liner suggest ρRliner∼1g/cm2. Neutron bang times, estimated from neutron time-of-flight (nTOF) measurements, coincide with peak x-ray production. Plans to improve and expand the Z neutron diagnostic suite include neutron burn-history diagnostics, increased sensitivity and higher precision nTOF detectors, and neutron recoil-based yield and spectral measurements.

Slutz, Stephen A.; Stygar, William A.; Gomez, Matthew R.; Peterson, Kyle J.; Sefkow, Adam B.; Sinars, Daniel S.; Vesey, Roger A.; Campbell, Edward M.; Betti, R.B.

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Weis, Matthew R.; Peterson, Kyle J.; Jennings, Christopher A.; Gardiner, Thomas A.; Sefkow, Adam B.; Brunner, Thomas A.

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Peterson, Kyle J.; Barnak, D.B.; Campbell, E.C.; CHang, P.C.; Davies, J.D.; Geissel, Matthias G.; Goyon, C.G.; Hansen, Stephanie B.; Harvey-Thompson, Adam J.; Jennings, Christopher A.; Logan, B.G.; Moody, J.M.; Nagayama, Taisuke N.; Pollock, B.P.; Porter, John L.; Sefkow, Adam B.; Smith, Ian C.; Strozzi, D.S.; Wei, M.S.

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Geissel, Matthias G.; Awe, Thomas J.; Bliss, David E.; Campbell, Edward M.; Glinsky, Michael E.; Gomez, Matthew R.; Harding, Eric H.; Harvey-Thompson, Adam J.; Kimmel, Mark W.; Knapp, Patrick K.; Peterson, Kyle J.; Jennings, Christopher A.; Sefkow, Adam B.; Shores, Jonathon S.; Sinars, Daniel S.; Slutz, Stephen A.; Smith, Ian C.; Speas, Christopher S.; Weis, Matthew R.; Porter, John L.

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Physical Review Letters

Awe, T.J.; Peterson, Kyle J.; Yu, E.P.; McBride, Ryan D.; Sinars, Daniel S.; Gomez, Matthew R.; Jennings, C.A.; Martin, M.R.; Rosenthal, Stephen E.; Schroen, D.G.; Sefkow, Adam B.; Slutz, S.A.; Tomlinson, K.; Vesey, Roger A.

Enhanced implosion stability has been experimentally demonstrated for magnetically accelerated liners that are coated with 70 μm of dielectric. The dielectric tamps liner-mass redistribution from electrothermal instabilities and also buffers coupling of the drive magnetic field to the magneto-Rayleigh-Taylor instability. A dielectric-coated and axially premagnetized beryllium liner was radiographed at a convergence ratio [CR=Rin,0/Rin(z,t)] of 20, which is the highest CR ever directly observed for a strengthless magnetically driven liner. The inner-wall radius Rin(z,t) displayed unprecedented uniformity, varying from 95 to 130 μm over the 4.0 mm axial height captured by the radiograph.

Physics of Plasmas

Slutz, S.A.; Stygar, William A.; Gomez, Matthew R.; Peterson, Kyle J.; Sefkow, Adam B.; Sinars, Daniel S.; Vesey, Roger A.; Campbell, E.M.; Betti, R.

The MagLIF (Magnetized Liner Inertial Fusion) concept [S. A. Slutz et al., Phys. Plasmas 17, 056303 (2010)] has demonstrated fusion-relevant plasma conditions [M. R. Gomez et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 113, 155003 (2014)] on the Z accelerator with a peak drive current of about 18 MA. We present 2D numerical simulations of the scaling of MagLIF on Z as a function of drive current, preheat energy, and applied magnetic field. The results indicate that deuterium-tritium (DT) fusion yields greater than 100 kJ could be possible on Z when all of these parameters are at the optimum values: I.e., peak current = 25 MA, deposited preheat energy = 5 kJ, and Bz = 30 T. Much higher yields have been predicted [S. A. Slutz and R. A. Vesey, Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 025003 (2012)] for MagLIF driven with larger peak currents. Two high performance pulsed-power accelerators (Z300 and Z800) based on linear-transformer-driver technology have been designed [W. A. Stygar et al., Phys. Rev. ST Accel. Beams 18, 110401 (2015)]. The Z300 design would provide 48 MA to a MagLIF load, while Z800 would provide 65 MA. Parameterized Thevenin-equivalent circuits were used to drive a series of 1D and 2D numerical MagLIF simulations with currents ranging from what Z can deliver now to what could be achieved by these conceptual future pulsed-power accelerators. 2D simulations of simple MagLIF targets containing just gaseous DT have yields of 18 MJ for Z300 and 440 MJ for Z800. The 2D simulated yield for Z800 is increased to 7 GJ by adding a layer of frozen DT ice to the inside of the liner.

Jennings, Christopher A.; Harding, Eric H.; Gomez, Matthew R.; Hansen, Stephanie B.; Awe, T.J.A.; McBride, Ryan D.; Martin, M.R.M.; Peterson, Kyle J.; Knapp, Patrick K.; Chittenden, J.P.C.

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Harvey-Thompson, Adam J.; Sefkow, Adam B.; Nagayama, Taisuke N.; Campbell, Edward M.; Sinars, Daniel S.; Peterson, Kyle J.; Wei, M.S.; Blue, B.E.; Fiksel, G.F.; Heeter, R.H.; Emig, J.E.

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Harvey-Thompson, Adam J.; Sefkow, Adam B.; Nagayama, Taisuke N.; Campbell, Edward M.; Peterson, Kyle J.; Geissel, Matthias G.

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Geissel, Matthias G.; Awe, Thomas J.; Campbell, E.M.C.; Gomez, Matthew R.; Harding, Eric H.; Harvey-Thompson, Adam J.; Hansen, Stephanie B.; Jennings, Christopher A.; Kimmel, Mark W.; Knapp, Patrick K.; Lewis, Sean M.; McBride, Ryan D.; Peterson, Kyle J.; Schollmeier, Marius; Sefkow, Adam B.; Shores, Jonathon S.; Sinars, Daniel S.; Slutz, Stephen A.; Smith, Ian C.; Speas, Christopher S.; Vesey, Roger A.; Porter, John L.

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Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Geissel, Matthias G.; Awe, T.J.; Bliss, David E.; Campbell, Edward M.; Gomez, Matthew R.; Harding, Eric H.; Harvey-Thompson, Adam J.; Hansen, Stephanie B.; Jennings, C.; Kimmel, Mark W.; Knapp, Patrick K.; Lewis, Sean M.; McBride, Ryan D.; Peterson, Kyle J.; Schollmeier, Marius; Scoglietti, Daniel S.; Sefkow, Adam B.; Shores, J.E.; Sinars, Daniel S.; Slutz, S.A.; Smith, Ian C.; Speas, C.S.; Vesey, Roger A.; Porter, John L.

Sandia National Laboratories is pursuing a variation of Magneto-Inertial Fusion called Magnetized Liner Inertial Fusion, or MagLIF. The MagLIF approach requires magnetization of the deuterium fuel, which is accomplished by an initial external B-Field and laser-driven pre-heat. While magnetization is crucial to the concept, it is challenging to couple sufficient energy to the fuel, since laser-plasma instabilities exist, and a compromise between laser spot size, laser entrance window thickness, and fuel density must be found. Nonlinear processes in laser plasma interaction, or laser-plasma instabilities (LPI), complicate the deposition of laser energy by enhanced absorption, backscatter, filamentation and beam-spray. Key LPI processes are determined, and mitigation methods are discussed. Results with and without improvement measures are presented.

Harding, Eric H.; Gomez, Matthew R.; Knapp, Patrick K.; Hansen, Stephanie B.; Jennings, Christopher A.; Slutz, Stephen A.; Sefkow, Adam B.; Awe, Thomas J.; Peterson, Kyle J.; Hahn, Kelly D.; McBride, Ryan D.; Rochau, G.A.; Sinars, Daniel S.; Golovkin, Igor G.

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Geissel, Matthias G.; Harvey-Thompson, Adam J.; Awe, Thomas J.; Campbell, Edward M.; Gomez, Matthew R.; Harding, Eric H.; Hansen, Stephanie B.; Jennings, Christopher A.; Kimmel, Mark W.; Knapp, Patrick K.; Lewis, Sean M.; McBride, Ryan D.; Peterson, Kyle J.; Schollmeier, Marius; Sefkow, Adam B.; Shores, Jonathon S.; Sinars, Daniel S.; Slutz, Stephen A.; Smith, Ian C.; Speas, Christopher S.; Vesey, Roger A.; Porter, John L.

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Slutz, Stephen A.; Stygar, William A.; Gomez, Matthew R.; Peterson, Kyle J.; Sefkow, Adam B.; Sinars, Daniel S.; Vesey, Roger A.; Campbell, E.M.C.; Betti, R.B.

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Peterson, Kyle J.; Awe, Thomas J.; McBride, Ryan D.; Sefkow, Adam B.; Yu, Edmund Y.; Sinars, Daniel S.; Martin, Matthew; Vesey, Roger A.; Slutz, Stephen A.

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