Developing An Extended Convolute Post To Drive An X-Pinch For Radiography At The Z Facility

X-ray radiography has been used to diagnose a wide variety of experiments at the Z facility including inertial confinement fusion capsule implosions, the growth of the magneto-Rayleigh-Taylor instability in solid liners, and the development of helical structures in axially magnetized liner implosion...

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Main Authors: Gomez, Matthew R., Myers, C.E., Hatch, M.W., Hutsel, B.T., Jennings, C.A., Lamppa, D.C., Lowinske, M.C., Maurer, A.J., Steiner, A.M., Tomlinson, K., Webb, T.J., Yager-Elorriaga, D. A., Ampleford, D.J.
Format: Conference Proceeding
Language:English
Subjects:
Conferences
Fuels
Laser beams
Laser theory
Magnetic confinement
Plasmas
X-ray lasers
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Summary:X-ray radiography has been used to diagnose a wide variety of experiments at the Z facility including inertial confinement fusion capsule implosions, the growth of the magneto-Rayleigh-Taylor instability in solid liners, and the development of helical structures in axially magnetized liner implosions. In these experiments, the Z Beamlet laser (1 kJ, 1 ns) was used to generate the x-ray source. An alternate x-ray source is desirable in experiments where the Z Beamlet laser is used for another purpose (e.g., preheating the fuel in magnetized liner inertial fusion experiments) or when multiple radiographic lines of sight are necessary.
ISSN:2576-7208
DOI:10.1109/ICOPS36761.2021.9588649