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

Review of Scientific Instruments

Harvey-Thompson, Adam J.; Geissel, Matthias; Crabtree, J.A.; Weis, Matthew R.; Gomez, Matthew R.; Fein, Jeffrey R.; Foulk, James W.; Ampleford, David J.; Awe, Thomas J.; Chandler, Gordon A.; Hansen, Stephanie B.; Jennings, Christopher A.; Knapp, P.F.; Kimmel, Mark; Mangan, Michael A.; Peterson, K.J.; Porter, John L.; Rochau, G.A.; Ruiz, Daniel E.; Hanson, J.; Harding, Eric H.; Perea, L.; Robertson, G.K.; Shores, Jonathon; Slutz, Stephen A.; Smith, G.E.; Speas, Christopher S.; Yager-Elorriaga, David A.; York, A.

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 Z pulsed power generator that combines magnetization, laser preheat, and pulsed-power-driven fuel compression and a laser-only platform in a separate chamber that enables measurements of the laser preheat energy using shadowgraphy measurements. The laser-only experiments suggest that ∼89% ± 10% of the incident energy is coupled to the fuel in cooled targets across the energy range tested, significantly higher than previous warm experiments that achieved at most 67% coupling and in line with simulation predictions. The laser preheat configuration was applied to a cryogenically cooled integrated experiment that used a novel cryostat configuration that cooled the MagLIF liner from both ends. The integrated experiment, z3576, coupled 2.32 ± 0.25 kJ preheat energy to the fuel, the highest to-date, demonstrated excellent temperature control and nominal current delivery, and produced one of the highest pressure stagnations as determined by a Bayesian analysis of the data.

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Increased preheat energy to MagLIF targets with cryogenic cooling

Harvey-Thompson, Adam J.; Geissel, Matthias; Crabtree, J.A.; Weis, Matthew R.; Gomez, Matthew R.; Fein, Jeffrey R.; Ampleford, David J.; Awe, Thomas J.; Chandler, Gordon A.; Galloway, Benjamin R.; Hansen, Stephanie B.; Hanson, Jeffrey; Harding, Eric H.; Jennings, Christopher A.; Kimmel, Mark; Knapp, P.F.; Lamppa, Derek C.; Foulk, James W.; Mangan, Michael A.; Maurer, Andrew J.; Perea, Lawrence; Peterson, Kara J.; Porter, John L.; Rambo, Patrick K.; Robertson, G.K.; Rochau, G.A.; Ruiz, Daniel E.; Shores, Jonathon; Slutz, Stephen A.; Smith, Ian C.; Speas, Christopher S.; Yager-Elorriaga, David A.; York, A.; Paguio, R.R.; Smith, G.E.

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

Harvey-Thompson, Adam J.; Geissel, Matthias; Weis, Matthew R.; Jennings, Christopher A.; Gomez, Matthew R.; Fein, Jeffrey R.; Ampleford, David J.; Bliss, David E.; Chandler, Gordon A.; Glinsky, Michael E.; Hahn, Kelly; Hansen, Stephanie B.; Hanson, J.; Harding, Eric H.; Knapp, P.F.; Mangan, Michael A.; Perea, Lawrence; Peterson, K.J.; Porter, John L.; Rambo, Patrick K.; Robertson, G.K.; Rochau, G.A.; Ruiz, Carlos; Schwarz, Jens; Shores, Jonathon; Sinars, Daniel; Slutz, Stephen A.; Smith, Ian C.; Speas, Christopher S.; Whittemore, Kelly A.; Paguio, Reny; Smith, Gary L.; York, A.

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Update on MagLIF preheat experiments

Harvey-Thompson, Adam J.; Geissel, Matthias; Weis, Matthew R.; Galloway, Benjamin R.; Fein, Jeffrey R.; Awe, Thomas J.; Crabtree, J.A.; Ampleford, David J.; Bliss, David E.; Glinsky, Michael E.; Gomez, Matthew R.; Hanson, J.; Harding, Eric H.; Jennings, Christopher A.; Kimmel, Mark; Perea, Lawrence; Peterson, K.J.; Porter, James D.; Rambo, Patrick K.; Robertson, G.K.; Ruiz, Daniel E.; Schwarz, Jens; Shores, Jonathon; Slutz, Stephen A.; Smith, Ian C.; York, A.; Paguio, R.R.; Smith, G.E.; Maudlin, M.; Pollock, B.

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