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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…

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…

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 …

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

Demonstration of neutron-yield enhancement by laser preheating and magnetization of laser-driven cylindrical implosions Open

J. Peebles, J. R. Davies, Daniel Barnak, V. Yu. Glebov, E. C. Hansen , et al. · 2023

Magnetized liner inertial fusion (MagLIF) is a fusion concept that uses magnetized, preheated fuel to reduce the implosion velocities and convergence ratios required for ignition. A scaled, laser-driven experimental platform to study MagLI…

Three-dimensional feedback processes in current-driven metal Open

Edmund Yu, T. J. Awe, Kyle Cochrane, Kyle Peterson, Kevin Yates , et al. · 2023

Using three-dimensional (3D) magnetohydrodynamic simulations, we study how a pit on a metal surface evolves when driven by intense electrical current density j. Redistribution of j around the pit initiates a feedback loop: j both reacts to…

Seeding the Electrothermal Instability through a Three-Dimensional, Nonlinear Perturbation Open

Edmund Yu, T. J. Awe, Kyle Cochrane, Kyle Peterson, Kevin Yates , et al. · 2023

Electrothermal instability plays an important role in applications of current-driven metal, creating striations (which seed the magneto-Rayleigh-Taylor instability) and filaments (which provide a more rapid path to plasma formation). Howev…

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 …

Exploring the parameter space of MagLIF implosions using similarity scaling. III. Rise-time scaling Open

D. E. Ruiz, Paul Schmit, Matthew Weis, Kyle Peterson, M. K. Matzen · 2023

Magnetized liner inertial fusion (MagLIF) is a z-pinch magneto-inertial-fusion concept studied at the Z Pulsed Power Facility of Sandia National Laboratories. Two important metrics characterizing current delivery to a z-pinch load are the …

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…

Disparity analysis of postoperative patients undergoing laparoscopic microwave ablation for HCC Open

Ansley Beth Ricker, J. Davis, M. Strand, Kyle Peterson, R. Mantha , et al. · 2023

Helical deformation of 3D defect in premagnetized Z-pinch liner. Open

Edmund Yu, T. J. Awe, Kyle Cochrane, Maren Hatch, Kyle Peterson , et al. · 2022

High Energy Density Physics at the Next Generation Pulsed Power Facility. Open

Thomas R. Mattsson, Justin Brown, J. Davis, J. D. Douglass, Brian Hutsel , et al. · 2022

Harmonic Generation and Inverse Cascade in the z-Pinch Driven, Preseeded Multimode, Magneto-Rayleigh-Taylor Instability Open

D. E. Ruiz, David Yager-Elorriaga, Kyle Peterson, D. B. Sinars, Matthew Weis , et al. · 2022

The magneto-Rayleigh-Taylor instability (MRTI) plays an essential role in astrophysical systems and in magneto-inertial fusion, where it is known to be an important degradation mechanism of confinement and target performance. In this Lette…

Estimation of stagnation performance metrics in magnetized liner inertial fusion experiments using Bayesian data assimilation Open

Patrick Knapp, Michael E. Glinsky, Marc-Andre Schaeuble, C. A. Jennings, Mary Anne Evans , et al. · 2022

We present a new analysis methodology that allows for the self-consistent integration of multiple diagnostics including nuclear measurements, x-ray imaging, and x-ray power detectors to determine the primary stagnation parameters, such as …

Assessment of Mix in MagLIF Experiments using an Analytic Hotspot Model. Open

Patrick Knapp, Michael E. Glinsky, Matt Gomez, Matthew Evans, Stephanie B. Hansen , et al. · 2022

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

D. E. Ruiz, Paul Schmit, David Yager-Elorriaga, Matthew Weis, Christopher Jennings , et al. · 2022

the performance of MagLIF loads when varying the current-rise time, or equivalently, the implosion timescale. To maintain similarity between the implosions, we provide scaling prescriptions of experimental input parameters defining a MagLI…

Investigating Volumetric Inclusions of Semiconductor Materials to Improve Flashover Resistance in Dielectrics. Open

Adam Steiner, Christopher Siefert, Gabriel Shipley, Erica Redline, Sara Dickens , et al. · 2021

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

David Yager-Elorriaga, M. R. Gómez, D. E. Ruiz, S. A. Slutz, A. J. Harvey-Thompson , et al. · 2021

We present an overview of the magneto-inertial fusion (MIF) concept Magnetized Liner Inertial Fusion (MagLIF) pursued at Sandia National Laboratories and review some of the most prominent results since the initial experiments in 2013. In M…

Using engineered defects to understand the seed for instabilities in current-driven metal. Open

Edmund Yu, T. J. Awe, Trevor M Hutchinson, Maren Whiting Hatch, Kevin Yates , et al. · 2021

Using engineered defects to explore 3D feedback processes in current-driven metal. Open

Edmund Yu, T. J. Awe, Kyle Cochrane, Maren Hatch, Kyle Peterson , et al. · 2021

Assess and Benchmark Magneto-Inertial Fusion (MIF) Scaling. Final Technical Report for the SNL/Rochester ALPHA Follow-on Project Open

Kyle Peterson · 2021

This project was a follow-on to the Sandia National Laboratories (SNL) and the Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE) ARPA-E ALPHA project entitled “Demonstrating Fuel Magnetization and Laser Heating Tools for Low-Cost Fusion Energy”. The p…

Experimental Aspects of MagLIF Pre-Heat Studies: The Pecos Target Area. Open

Matthias Geißel, A. J. Harvey-Thompson, Matthew Weis, David E. Bliss, Jeffrey Fein , et al. · 2021

IMPROVED PERFORMANCE OF MAGNETIZED LINER INERTIAL FUSION EXPERIMENTS WITH HIGH-ENERGY LOW-MIX LASER PREHEAT CONFIGURATIONS. Open

A. J. Harvey-Thompson, Matthias Geißel, Matthew Weis, Christopher Jennings, M. R. Gómez , et al. · 2020

The effect of laser entrance hole foil thickness on MagLIF-relevant laser preheat Open

A. J. Harvey-Thompson, Matthew Weis, D. E. Ruiz, M. S. Wei, A. B. Sefkow , et al. · 2020

The magnetized liner inertial fusion (MagLIF) scheme relies on coupling laser energy into an underdense fuel raising the fuel adiabat at the start of the implosion. To deposit energy into the fuel, the laser must first penetrate a laser en…

Performance Scaling in Magnetized Liner Inertial Fusion Experiments Open

M. R. Gómez, S. A. Slutz, Christopher Jennings, D. J. Ampleford, Matthew Weis , et al. · 2020

We present experimental results from the first systematic study of performance scaling with drive parameters for a magnetoinertial fusion concept. In magnetized liner inertial fusion experiments, the burn-averaged ion temperature doubles t…

A novel, magnetically driven convergent Richtmyer–Meshkov platform Open

Patrick Knapp, Matthew Martin, David Yager-Elorriaga, Andrew Porwitzky, F. W. Doss , et al. · 2020

In this paper, we introduce a novel experimental platform for the study of the Richtmyer–Meshkov instability in a cylindrically converging geometry using a magnetically driven cylindrical piston. Magnetically driven solid liner implosions …

Temperature distributions and gradients in laser-heated plasmas relevant to magnetized liner inertial fusion Open

Kyle Carpenter, Roberto Mancini, Eric Harding, A. J. Harvey-Thompson, Matthias Geißel , et al. · 2020

We present two-dimensional temperature measurements of magnetized and unmagnetized plasma experiments performed at Z relevant to the preheat stage in magnetized liner inertial fusion. The deuterium gas fill was doped with a trace amount of…

Stagnation performance scaling of Magnetized Liner Inertial Fusion. Open

M. R. Gómez, David Yager-Elorriaga, C. E. Myers, S. A. Slutz, Matthew Weis , et al. · 2020

Multi-Scale Multi-Physics Plasma Hybrid Algorithms Modeling and Simulations. Open

M. E. Cuneo, George Laity, Allen C. Robinson, Thomas Gardiner, Matthew Tyler Bettencourt , et al. · 2020

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