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Spatially and temporally resolved plasma parameter estimations of laser heated MagLIF relevant gas pipes at NIF Open

Henry J. Meyer, Bradley H Pollock, Matthew Weis, B. Bachmann, A. J. Harvey-Thompson , et al. · 2025

The ability to control laser pre-heat is an integral part of the inertial confinement fusion concept known as Magnetized Liner Inertial Fusion. This process is studied at the National Ignition Facility (NIF) where 4 of the 192 laser beams …

Magnetized liner inertial fusion platform development to assess performance scaling with drive parameters Open

M. R. Gómez, S. A. Slutz, Christopher Jennings, A. J. Harvey-Thompson, Matthew Weis , et al. · 2025

Magnetized liner inertial fusion (MagLIF) experiments have demonstrated fusion-relevant ion temperatures up to 3.1 keV and thermonuclear production of up to 1.1 × 1013 deuterium–deuterium neutrons. This performance was enabled through plat…

Hydrodynamic expansion and near-infrared absorption of x-ray heated aluminum plasmas Open

Nathan W. Moore, Mikhail Mesh, Kyle Cochrane, Marc-Andre Schaeuble, A. J. Harvey-Thompson , et al. · 2025

We use x-ray pulses from dense argon plasmas at the Z Machine (Sandia National Laboratories) to generate hypersonic aluminum plasmas akin to material ejecta during proposed planetary defense missions, fusion reactor wall excursions, and ot…

Assessing the performance of MagLIF with 3D MHD simulations Open

Matthew Weis, D. E. Ruiz, M. R. Gómez, A. J. Harvey-Thompson, Christopher A. Jennings , et al. · 2025

The Magnetized Liner Inertial Fusion (MagLIF) experimental platform at Sandia National Laboratories has realized a number of recent improvements in electrical current and laser preheat coupling but fusion yields are below expectations, bas…

Opposition Research: A novel platform on the Z Machine to study radiation flow in complex geometries Open

Jeffrey Fein, David I. Bernstein, J. L. Kline, S. M. Finnegan, Todd Urbatsch , et al. · 2024

Developing a platform to assess the evolution of the fuel-liner interface due to laser preheat in MagLIF Open

M. R. Gómez, Jeffrey Fein, Matthew Weis, Joel Whitfield, Stephanie Miller , et al. · 2024

On the benefits of using shorter rise-time current pulses to drive MagLIF implosions Open

D. E. Ruiz, Christopher Jennings, A. J. Harvey-Thompson · 2024

Neutron energy spectrum measurements from MagLIF implosions on Z Open

Owen Mannion, D. J. Ampleford, Patrick Cahall, G. A. Chandler, J. A. Frenje , et al. · 2024

Measured nuclear burn widths for Magnetized Liner Inertial Fusion (MagLIF) experiments Open

James Mitrani, G. A. Chandler, Kelly Hahn, D. J. Ampleford, M. R. Gómez , et al. · 2024

Developments in assessing the generalized Lawson criterion in magnetized liner inertial fusion Open

William Lewis, Marc-Andre Schaeuble, Jeffrey Fein, T. J. Awe, G. A. Chandler , et al. · 2024

A comparison of MagLIF: Status and plans to improve performance Open

A. J. Harvey-Thompson, D. J. Ampleford, Jerry Crabtree, Jeffrey Fein, Matthias Geißel , et al. · 2024

Mining experimental magnetized liner inertial fusion data: Trends in stagnation morphology Open

William Lewis, David Yager-Elorriaga, Christopher A. Jennings, Jeffrey Fein, Gabriel Shipley , et al. · 2024

In magnetized liner inertial fusion (MagLIF), a cylindrical liner filled with fusion fuel is imploded with the goal of producing a one-dimensional plasma column at thermonuclear conditions. However, structures attributed to three-dimension…

Mining magnetized liner inertial fusion data: trends in stagnation morphology Open

William Lewis, David Yager-Elorriaga, Christopher Jennings, Jeffrey Fein, Gabriel Shipley , et al. · 2024

Development of a high performance MagLIF target platform using high aspect ratio coated liners and low-mix laser preheat Open

A. J. Harvey-Thompson, Matthias Geißel, William Lewis, David Yager-Elorriaga, Matthew Weis , et al. · 2024

We report on a series of Magnetized Liner Inertial Fusion (MagLIF) experiments conducted on the Z pulsed power facility that utilized high aspect ratio (ratio of outer radius to wall thickness) liners with dielectric coatings and low-mix l…

Neutron Source Reconstruction of One-Dimensional Imager of Neutrons at the Z Facility Open

Sidney Ricketts, William Lewis, Michael Mangan, Owen Mannion, A. J. Harvey-Thompson , et al. · 2024

Development of a large field of view radiography capability for MagLIF preheat experiments on the Omega EP laser facility Open

M. R. Gómez, Jeffrey Fein, Matthew Weis, Eric Harding, Joel Whitfield , et al. · 2024

Controlling morphology and improving reproducibility of magnetized liner inertial fusion experiments Open

D. J. Ampleford, David Yager-Elorriaga, C. A. Jennings, Eric Harding, M. R. Gómez , et al. · 2024

X-ray imaging indicates magnetized liner inertial fusion (MagLIF) stagnation columns have a complicated quasi-helical structure with significant variations in x-ray brightness along the column. In this work, we describe MagLIF experiments …

Three-dimensional simulations of magneto-inertial Magnetic-Direct-Drive targets Open

Matthew Weis, Christopher Jennings, A. J. Harvey-Thompson, David Yager-Elorriaga, Jeffrey Fein , et al. · 2024

For the cylindrically symmetric targets that are normally fielded on the Z machine, two dimensional axisymmetric MHD simulations provide the backbone of our target design capability. These simulations capture the essential operation of the…

An overview of magneto-inertial fusion on the Z Machine at Sandia National Laboratories. Open

David Yager-Elorriaga, M. R. Gómez, Daniel Ruiz, S. A. Slutz, A. J. Harvey-Thompson , et al. · 2023

X-ray self-emission imaging with spherically bent Bragg crystals on the Z-machine Open

Eric Harding, G. K. Robertson, G. S. Dunham, M. R. Gómez, Jeffrey Fein , et al. · 2023

An x-ray imaging scheme using spherically bent crystals was implemented on the Z-machine to image x rays emitted by the hot, dense plasma generated by a Magnetized Liner Inertial Fusion (MagLIF) target. This diagnostic relies on a spherica…

Demonstration of improved laser preheat with a cryogenically cooled magnetized liner inertial fusion platform Open

A. J. Harvey-Thompson, Matthias Geißel, Jerry Crabtree, Matthew Weis, M. R. Gómez , et al. · 2023

We report on progress implementing and testing cryogenically cooled platforms for Magnetized Liner Inertial Fusion (MagLIF) experiments. Two cryogenically cooled experimental platforms were developed: an integrated platform fielded on the …

Data-driven assessment of magnetic charged particle confinement parameter scaling in magnetized liner inertial fusion experiments on Z Open

William Lewis, Owen Mannion, D. E. Ruiz, Christopher Jennings, Patrick Knapp , et al. · 2023

In magneto-inertial fusion, the ratio of the characteristic fuel length perpendicular to the applied magnetic field R to the α-particle Larmor radius ϱα is a critical parameter setting the scale of electron thermal-conduction loss and char…

Laser Preheat Characterization for MagLIF Experiments Open

Aaron Hansen, A. J. Harvey-Thompson, Matthew Weis, Jeffrey Fein, Matthias Geißel , et al. · 2023

Using deep-learning to uncover physics of magnetic charged particle confinement in Magnetized Liner Inertial Fusion (MagLIF) Open

William M. Lewis, Owen Mannion, D. E. Ruiz, Christopher Jennings, Partick Knapp , et al. · 2023

Exploring the parameter space of MagLIF implosions using similarity scaling. II. Current scaling Open

D. E. Ruiz, Paul Schmit, David Yager-Elorriaga, M. R. Gómez, Matthew Weis , et al. · 2023

Magnetized liner inertial fusion (MagLIF) is a magneto-inertial-fusion (MIF) concept, which is presently being studied on the Z pulsed power facility. The MagLIF platform has achieved interesting plasma conditions at stagnation and produce…

Experimental demonstration of >20 kJ laser energy coupling in 1-cm hydrocarbon-filled gas pipe targets via inverse Bremsstrahlung absorption with applications to MagLIF Open

B. B. Pollock, C. Goyon, A. B. Sefkow, Michael E. Glinsky, Kyle Peterson , et al. · 2023

Laser propagation experiments using four beams of the National Ignition Facility to deliver up to 35 kJ of laser energy at 351 nm laser wavelength to heat magnetized liner inertial fusion-scale (1 cm-long), hydrocarbon-filled gas pipe targ…

Helium as a Surrogate for Deuterium in LPI Studies Open

Matthias Geißel, A. J. Harvey-Thompson, Matthew Weis, Jeffrey Fein, D. J. Ampleford , et al. · 2023

Helium or neopentane can be used as surrogate gas fill for deuterium (D2) or deuterium-tritium (DT) in laser-plasma interaction studies. Surrogates are convenient to avoid flammability hazards or the integration of cryogenics in an experim…

Validation of ablation model for polyethylene using pulsed x-ray and proton exposures Open

Nathan W. Moore, Jason Sanchez, Marc-Andre Schaeuble, D. D. Hinshelwood, A. J. Harvey-Thompson , et al. · 2022

The surface erosion of polyethylene is interrogated using pulsed x rays at the Z Machine (Sandia National Laboratories) and with proton beams at the Gamble II generator (Naval Research Laboratory) to validate a coupled model for volumetric…

Overview of MagLIF program for TNB working group meeting. Open

A. J. Harvey-Thompson · 2022

Scaling of laser plasma instabilities in MagLIF preheat with applied magnetic field. Open

Jeffrey Fein, Matthew Weis, A. J. Harvey-Thompson, D. H. Edgell, M. R. Gómez , et al. · 2022

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