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Inertial Fusion Energy

• C. L. Olson, "Inertial Fusion Energy with Pulsed Power," 2000

Codes: ALEGRA

• K. C. Cochrane, "Aluminum Equation of State Validation and Verification for the ALEGRA HEDP Simulation Code," 2006
• T. Trucano, "ALEGRA-HEDP Validation Strategy," 2005
• C. Garasi , "Multi-dimensional high energy density physics modeling and simulation of wire array z-pinch physics," 2003
  

Equation of State (EOS)

• R. P. Muller, "Exchange-Only Optimized Effective Potential Calculation of Excited State Spectra for HE and BE Atoms," February 2006
• T. R. Mattsson, "Equations of State and Electrical Conductivity of Stainless Steel," 2004

Inertial Confinement Fusion Dynamic Hohlraums

• T. J. Nash, "Design of Dynamic Hohlraum Opacity Samples to Increase Measured Sample Density on Z", October 2010
• Thomas W. L. Sanford . "Overview of the Dynamic-Hohlraum X-ray Source at Sandia National Laboratories", April 2007
• T.W.L. Sanford, "Comparative properties of the Interior and Blowoff Plasmas in a dynamic Hohlraum," April 2007.
  
• Tom Nash, "Current Scaling of Axially Radiated Power in dynamic Hohlraums and Dynamic Hohlraum Load Design for ZR", March 2007
  
• R. A. Vesey, "Target Design for High Fusion Yield with the Double Z-pinch driven Hohlraums," March 2007.
• T.W.L. Sanford, "Wire Initiation Critical for Radiation symmetry in Z-Pinch-Driven Dynamic Hohlraums," 2007
• S. A. Slutz, "Integrated Two-dimensional Simulations of Dynamic hohlraum Driven Inertial Fusion Capsule Implosions," 2006

Isentropic Compression Experiments (ICE)

• M.D. Furnish, "Exploring pulse shaping for Z using graded-density impactors on Gas Guns," October 2005.
• J. Davis, "User Manual for INVICE 0.1-beta: A computer Code for Inverse Analysis of Isentropice Compression Experiments," April 2005

Inertial Confinement Fusion (ICF)

• R.E. Olson, "X-ray Ablation Rates in Inertial Confinement Fusion Capsule Materials, March 2011
• Michael G. Mazarakis, "X-ray Emission Current Scaling Experiments for Compact Single-Tungsten-Wire-Arrays at 80-Nanosecond Implosion Times", January 2009
• S. A. Slutz, "Compensation for Time-Dependent Radiation-Drive Asymmetries in Inertial-Fusion Capsules" October 2007
  

Linear-Transformer Driver (LTD)

• J. R. Woodworth, "Compact 810 kA Linear Transformer Driver Cavity", April 2011
• M.G. Mazarakis, "High-Current Linear Transformer Driver Development at Sandia National Laboratories", April 2010
• A. A. Kim, "Development and Tests of Fast 1-MA Linear Transformer Driver Stages", May 2009
• W. A. Stygar, "Shaping the Output of a Linear-Transformer-Driver Module", March 2009
• C. Olson, "Recyclable Transmission Line (RTL) and Linear Transformer Driver (LTD) Development for Z-Pinch Inertial Fusion Energy (Z-IFE and High Yield)," January 2007
• M. G. Mazarakis, "Conceptual Design for a Linear-Transformer Driver (LTD)-Based Refurbishment and Upgrade of the Saturn Accelerator Pulse-Power System," September 2006.
• M. G. Mazarakis, "High Current Fast 100-ns LTD Driver Development in Sandia Laboratory," June 2005.

Magnetically Driven Flyer Plates

• R. W. Lemke, "Magnetically Driven Hyper-Velocity Launch Capability at the Sandia Z Accelerator", October 2010
• R. Lemke, "Characterization of Magnetically Accelerated Flyer Plates," 2003
• D. Blackburn, "HVL_CTH: A Simple Tool that Simulates the Hyper-Velocity Launch of a Flyer Plate," March 2003
• R. Lemke, "Considerations for Generating Up To 10 Mbar Magnetic Drive Pressures With The Refurbished Z-Machine (ZR)," 2002
• R. Lemke, "Self-consistent, two-dimensional, magneto-hydrodynamic simulations of magnetically driven flyer plates," 2002
• R. Lemke, "Self-consistent, 2D Magneto-Hydrodynamic Simulations of Magnetically Driven Flyer Plates," Poster, 2002

Pulsed Power

• S.F. Glover, "Pulsed- and DC-Charged PCSS-Based Trigger Generators", October 2010
• J. P. Martin, "Tailoring of Electron Flow Current in Magnetically Insulated Transmission Lines", March 2009
• Anne Van Arsdall, "Pulsed Power at Sandia National Laboratories, the first forty years", 2008
• F. J. Zutavern, "Fiber-Optic Controlled PCSS Triggers for High Voltage Pulsed Power Switches," 2005
• M. Knudson, "Advances in Pulsed Power and MHD Technology to enable High Pressure Material Dynamics Studies," July 2004.

Radiographic Integrated Test Stand (RITS)

• Salvador Portillo, "Characterization of the Self Magnetic Pinch Diode at High voltages for Flash Radiography", October 2008
• Salvador Portillo, "Demonstration of the Self-Magnetic-Pinch Diode as an X-ray Source for Flash Core-Punch Radiography", October 2007
  
• Dean C. Rovang, "Operational Characteristics and Analysis of the Immersed-Bz Diode on RITS-3", February 2007
  
• D. L. Johnson, "Power Flow in the RITS-6 Accelerator," 2006

Spectroscopy

• G. A. Rochau, "Applied Spectroscopy in Pulsed Power Plasmas", March 2010
• Greg Dunham, "Quantitative Extraction of Spectral Line Intensities and Widths from X-ray Spectra Recorded with Gated Microchannel Plate Detectors" June 2007
  
• D. B. Sinars, "Evaluation of bent crystal x-ray backlighting and microscopy techniques for Z," 2002

Z-Machine Diagnostic Tools

• T. Ao, "Effect of Window Reflections on Photonic Doppler Velocimetry Measurements", February 2011
• D. H. Dolan, "Foundations of VISAR Analysis," April 2006.
• J. R. Woodworth, "Laser Triggering of Water Switches in Terrawatt-Class Pulse Power Accelerators," 2005
• L. K. Warne, "Resistance of a Water Spark," 2005
• J. M. Lehr, "Multi-megavolt switching in water: considerations for the Z-R Machine," 2002

Z-Machine Related Papers

• D. B. Sinars, "Measurements of Magneto-Rayleigh-Taylor Instability Growth During the Implosion of Initially Solid Metal Liners", April 2011
• R. D. McBride, "Displacement Current Phenomena in the Magnetically Insulated Transmission Lines of the Refurbished Z Accelerator", December 2010
• S. A. Slutz, "Pulsed-power-driven Cylindrical Liner Implosions of Laser Preheated Fuel Magnetized with an Axial Field", March 2010
• W. A. Stygar, "55-TW Magnetically Insulated Transmission-Line System: Design, Simulations, and Performance", December 2009
• M. E. Savage, "High Reliability Low Jitter 80 kV Pulse Generator", August 2009
• J.E. Bailey, "Experimental Investigation of Opacity Models for Stellar Interior Inertial fusion, and High Energy Density Plasmas", March 2009
• W. A. Stygar, "Dielectric-Breakdown Tests of Water at 6 MV", January 2009
• W.A. Stygar, "Energy Loss to conductors Operated at Lineal Current Densities < 10 MA/cm: Semianalytic Model, Magnetohydrodynamci Simulations, and Experiment", December, 2008.
• Kenneth W. Struve, "Megagauss Field Generation for High-Energy-Density Plasma Science Experiments", October 2008
• K. R. Le Chien, " Development of a 5.4 MV Laser Triggered Gas Switch for Multimodule Multimegampere Pulsed Power Drivers" June 2008
• Michael C. Wanke, "Advanced Diagnostics for Impact-Flash Spectroscopy on Light-Gas Gun" March 2007
  
• J. Maenchen, "Fundamental Science Investigations to Develop a 6-MV Laser Triggered Gas Switch for ZR: First Annual Report," March 2007
• M. G. Mazarakis, "Tungsten Wire Number Dependence of the Implosion dynamics at the Z accelerator." 2005
• T. D. Pointon, " 2-D Pic Simulations of electron Flow in the Magnetically Insulated Transmission Lines of Z and ZR," 2005
• D. B. Sinars, "Monochromatic x-ray backlighting of wire-array plasmas using spherically bent quartz crystals," 2003
• D. E. Bliss, "A New Laser Trigger System for Current Pulse Shaping and Jitter Reduction on Z," 2003
• S. A. Slutz, "Direct magnetic implosion experiments on Z," 2002
• D. Hammer, "The Formation and Evolution of Plasmas from Single Exploding Wires," 2002

Z-Pinch Physics

• D. B. Sinars, "Measurements of Magneto-Rayleigh-Taylor Instability Growth during the Implosion of Initially Solid Al Tubes Driven by the 20-MA, 100-ns Z Facility", October 2010
• B. Jones, "Planar Wire-Array Z-Pinch Implosion Dynamics and X-Ray Scaling at Multiple-MA Drive Currents for a Compact Multisource Hohlraum Configuration", March 2010
• C. A. Jennings, " Simulations of the Implosion and Stagnation of Compact Wire Arrays', September 2010
• D. J. Ampleford, "Bow Shocks in Ablated Plasma Streams for Nested Wire Array Z-pinches: A Laboratory Astrophysics Testbed for Radiatively Cooled Shocks", May 2010
• Michael J. Cich, "Microfabricated Wire Arrays for Z-Pinch", October 2008
• Brent Jones, "Compact Wire Array Sources: Power Scaling and Implosion Physics", September 2008
• Brent Jones, "Planar Wire Array Performance Scaling at Multi-MA Levels on the Saturn Generator", October 2007
  
• W. A. Stygar, "Architecture of petawatt-class Z-pinch Accelerators, October 2007
  
• E. P. Yu, "Steady-State Radiation Ablation in the Wire-Array Z Pinch," 2007
• R. B. Campbell, "Fast Ignition Studies at Sandia national Laboratories," 2005.
• S. A. Slutz, "Low Mass Transmission Lines for Z-Pinch Driven Inertial Fusion," 2002
• S. A. Slutz, "Low Mass Recyclable Transmission Lines for Z-Pinch Driven Inertial Fusion," 2002

Other

• R. Redmer, "The Phase Diagram of Water and the Magnetic Fields of Uranus and Neptune", January 2011
• S. B. Hansen, "Superconfiguration Widths and their Effects on Atomic Models", July 2010
• D. H. Dolan, "Accuracy and Precision in Photonic Doppler Velocimetry", May 2010
• C.S. Alexander, "Magnetically Applied Pressure-shear: A New Method for Direct Measurement of Strength at High Pressure", December 2010
• David Martinez, "Generation of Shear Flow in Conical Wire Arrays with a Center Wire", November 2008
• Mark D. Johnston, "volumetric Plasma Source Development and Characterization", September 2008
• Justin Brown, "Shock Response of Dry Sand", August 2007
• J. E. Bailey, "Iron-Plasma Transmission Measurements at Temperatures Above 150 eV", December 2007
  

 

 

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