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Jennings, Christopher A. ; Gomez, Matthew R. ; Hansen, Stephanie B. ; Harding, Eric H. ; McBride, Ryan D. ; Sinars, Daniel S. ; Awe, Thomas J. ; Slutz, Stephen A. ; Sefkow, Adam B. ; Peterson, Kyle J. ; Chittenden, J.P.C.
Gomez, Matthew R.
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 Te ≈ Ti , 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 .
Jones, Brent M. ; Ruiz, Carlos L. ; Chandler, Gordon A. ; Hahn, Kelly D. ; Fehl, David L. ; Nelson, Alan J. ; Torres, Jose A. ; Coverdale, Christine A. ; Lash, Joel S. ; Knapp, Patrick K. ; Gomez, Matthew R. ; Hansen, Stephanie B. ; Harding, Eric H. ; McPherson, Leroy A. ; Rochau, G.A. ; Schmit, Paul S. ; Sefkow, Adam B. ; Sinars, Daniel S. ; Cooper, Gary W.
McBride, Ryan D. ; Gomez, Matthew R. ; Hansen, Stephanie B. ; Jennings, Christopher A. ; Bliss, David E. ; Knapp, Patrick K. ; Schmit, Paul S. ; Awe, Thomas J. ; Martin, Matthew ; Sinars, Daniel S. ; Greenly, John B.; Intrator, Tom P.; Weber, Tom E.
Schmit, Paul S. ; Knapp, Patrick K. ; Hansen, Stephanie B. ; Gomez, Matthew R. ; Hahn, Kelly D. ; Sinars, Daniel S. ; Peterson, Kyle J. ; Slutz, Stephen A. ; Sefkow, Adam B. ; Awe, Thomas J. ; Harding, Eric H. ; Jennings, Christopher A.
Jones, Michael J. ; Gomez, Matthew R.
Lamppa, Derek C. ; Bell, Kate S. ; Gomez, Matthew R.
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.
Harvey-Thompson, Adam J. ; Sefkow, Adam B. ; Jennings, Christopher A. ; Campbell, Edward M. ; Sinars, Daniel S. ; Slutz, Stephen A. ; Gomez, Matthew R. ; Geissel, Matthias G. ; Porter, John L. ; Wei, M-S W.; Fiksel, G.F.; Heeter, B.H.
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.
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.
Hansen, Stephanie B. ; Rochau, G.A. ; Harding, Eric H. ; Ao, Tommy A. ; Gomez, Matthew R.
Gomez, Matthew R. ; Ampleford, David A. ; Awe, Thomas J. ; Bailey, James E. ; Harvey-Thompson, Adam J. ; Jones, Brent M. ; Knapp, Patrick K. ; Cuneo, M.E. ; Rochau, G.A. ; Sinars, Daniel S. ; Hansen, Stephanie B. ; Peterson, Kyle J. ; McBride, Ryan D. ; Jennings, Christopher A. ; Bliss, David E. ; Carlson, Alan L. ; Lamppa, Derek C.
Peterson, Kyle J. ; Slutz, Stephen A. ; Sinars, Daniel S. ; Sefkow, Adam B. ; Gomez, Matthew R. ; Awe, Thomas J. ; Harvey-Thompson, Adam J. ; Geissel, Matthias G. ; Schmit, Paul S. ; Smith, Ian C. ; McBride, Ryan D. ; Rovang, Dean C. ; Knapp, Patrick K. ; Hansen, Stephanie B. ; Jennings, Christopher A. ; Harding, Eric H. ; Porter, John L. ; Vesey, Roger A. ; Blue, Brent B.; Schroen, Diana G.; Tomlinson, Kurt T.
Gomez, Matthew R.
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.
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.
Hansen, Stephanie B. ; Jones, Brent M. ; Knapp, Patrick K. ; Lamppa, Derek C. ; McBride, Ryan D. ; Bailey, James E. ; Rochau, G.A. ; Slutz, Stephen A. ; Sinars, Daniel S. ; Gomez, Matthew R. ; Peterson, Kyle J. ; Ampleford, David A. ; Awe, Thomas J. ; Bliss, David E. ; Carlson, Alan L. ; Cuneo, M.E. ; Jennings, Christopher A. ; Harvey-Thompson, Adam J.
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.
Gomez, Matthew R.
Visible spectroscopy is a powerful diagnostic, allowing plasma parameters ranging from temperature and density to electric and magnetic fields to be measured. Spectroscopic dopants are commonly introduced to make these measurements. On Z, dopants are introduced passively (i.e. a salt deposited on a current-carrying surface); however, in some cases, passive doping can limit the times and locations at which measurements can be made. Active doping utilizes an auxiliary energy source to disperse the dopant independently from the rest of the experiment. The objective of this LDRD project was to explore laser ablation as a method of actively introducing spectroscopic dopants. Ideally, the laser energy would be delivered to the dopant via fiber optic, which would eliminate the need for time-intensive laser alignments in the Z chamber. Experiments conducted in a light lab to assess the feasibility of fibercoupled and open-beam laser-ablated doping are discussed.
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.
Awe, Thomas J. ; Carlson, Alan L. ; Dolan, Daniel H. ; Falcon, Ross E. ; Gomez, Matthew R. ; Rochau, G.A.
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.
Gomez, Matthew R. ; Savage, Mark E. ; Stoltzfus, Brian S. ; Struve, Kenneth W. ; Stygar, William A. ; Cuneo, M.E. ; Fowler, William E. ; Hutsel, Brian T. ; Jones, Peter A. ; Lucero, Diego J. ; Matzen, M.K. ; McKee, George R.
Cuneo, M.E. ; Stoltzfus, Brian S. ; Struve, Kenneth W. ; Stygar, William A. ; Fowler, William E. ; Gomez, Matthew R. ; Hutsel, Brian T. ; Lucero, Diego J. ; Matzen, M.K. ; McKee, George R. ; Savage, Mark E.
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.
Davis, Jean-Paul D. ; Gomez, Matthew R.
Gomez, Matthew R.
Stygar, William A. ; Cuneo, M.E. ; Gomez, Matthew R. ; Hughes, Thomas P. ; Pointon, Timothy D.
Herrmann, Mark H. ; Hansen, Stephanie B. ; Hess, Mark H. ; Owen, Albert C. ; Slutz, Stephen A. ; Nakhleh, Charles N. ; Sinars, Daniel S. ; Cuneo, M.E. ; McBride, Ryan D. ; Lamppa, Derek C. ; Rovang, Dean C. ; Awe, Thomas J. ; Martin, Matthew ; Jennings, Christopher A. ; Gomez, Matthew R.
Ampleford, David A. ; Savage, Mark E. ; Moore, James M. ; Jones, Brent M. ; McBride, Ryan D. ; Bailey, James E. ; Jones, Michael J. ; Gomez, Matthew R. ; Cuneo, M.E. ; Nakhleh, Charles N. ; Stygar, William A.
MHD models of imploding loads fielded on the Z accelerator are typically driven by reduced or simplified circuit representations of the generator. The performance of many of the imploding loads is critically dependent on the current and power delivered to them, so may be strongly influenced by the generators response to their implosion. Current losses diagnosed in the transmission lines approaching the load are further known to limit the energy delivery, while exhibiting some load dependence. Through comparing the convolute performance of a wide variety of short pulse Z loads we parameterize a convolute loss resistance applicable between different experiments. We incorporate this, and other current loss terms into a transmission line representation of the Z vacuum section. We then apply this model to study the current delivery to a wide variety of wire array and MagLif style liner loads.
Proposed for publication in Physical Review Special Topics Accelerators and Beams.
Stygar, William A. ; Cuneo, M.E. ; Gomez, Matthew R. ; Hughes, Thomas P. ; Pointon, Timothy D.
Davis, Jean-Paul D. ; Gomez, Matthew R.
Rochau, G.A. ; Bailey, James E. ; Carlson, Alan L. ; Gomez, Matthew R.
Review of Scientific Instruments
Gomez, Matthew R. ; Rochau, G.A. ; Bailey, James E. ; Dunham, Gregory S. ; Kernaghan, M.D. ; Gard, P.; Robertson, Grafton K. ; Owen, A.C.; Argo, J.W. ; Nielsen, D.S. ; Lake, Patrick W.
The pinned optically aligned diagnostic dock (PODD) is a multi-configuration diagnostic platform designed to measure x-ray emission on the Z facility. The PODD houses two plasma emission acquisition (PEA) systems, which are aligned with a set of precision machined pins. The PEA systems are modular, allowing a single diagnostic housing to support several different diagnostics. The PEA configurations fielded to date include both time-resolved and time-integrated, 1D spatially resolving, elliptical crystal spectrometers, and time-integrated, 1D spatially resolving, convex crystal spectrometers. Additional proposed configurations include time-resolved, monochromatic mirrored pinhole imagers and arrays of filtered x-ray diodes, diamond photo-conducting diode detectors, and bolometers. The versatility of the PODD system will allow the diagnostic configuration of the Z facility to be changed without significantly adding to the turn-around time of the machine. Additionally, the PODD has been designed to allow instrument setup to be completed entirely off-line, leaving only a refined alignment process to be performed just prior to a shot, which is a significant improvement over the instrument the PODD replaces. Example data collected with the PODD are presented. © 2012 American Institute of Physics.
Gomez, Matthew R. ; Lake, Patrick W. ; Rochau, G.A. ; Bailey, James E. ; Dunham, Gregory S. ; Kernaghan, M.D. ; Robertson, Grafton K. ; Owen, Albert C. ; Argo, J.W. ; Nielsen, D.S.
Dolan, Daniel H. ; Seagle, Christopher T. ; Ao, Tommy A. ; Gomez, Matthew R. ; Carlson, Alan L.
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.
Vesey, Roger A. ; Rochau, G.A. ; Sinars, Daniel S. ; Peterson, Kyle J. ; Herrmann, Mark H. ; Nakhleh, Charles N. ; Gomez, Matthew R.
Cuneo, M.E. ; Savage, Mark E. ; Jones, Michael J. ; Edens, Aaron E. ; Lopez, Mike R. ; Gomez, Matthew R. ; McBride, Ryan D. ; Rochau, G.A. ; Jones, Brent M. ; Ampleford, David A. ; Sinars, Daniel S. ; Bailey, James E. ; Stygar, William A.
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