Recent improvements in opacity measurements on the National Ignition Facility
Abstract
X-ray opacities of hot dense matter are essential to radiation-hydrodynamic models of stars, other astrophysical objects, inertial confinement fusion, and other high-energy-density experiments. Opacity experiments on the National Ignition Facility (NIF) seek to replicate and extend results from the Sandia Z facility, which often diverge from theory. Promising initial measurements on NIF at temperatures ~150 eV and electron densities ~7x1021/cm3 also revealed areas for improvement. Improvements in backlighting, spatial resolution and signal uniformity, and reduction of backgrounds will be summarized. Recent data from Al:Mg samples will be presented in this context.
This work was performed under the DOE LLNL Contract No. DE-AC52- 07NA27344, LANL contract 89233218CNA000001, Sandia Contract No. DE-NA0003525, NNSS Contract No. DE-AC52-06NA25946 and at LLE under Award DE-NA0003856.- Publication:
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APS Division of Plasma Physics Meeting Abstracts
- Pub Date:
- 2020
- Bibcode:
- 2020APS..DPPB07014H