FY16 LLNL Omega Experimental Programs

Technical Report · Thu Dec 01 00:00:00 EST 2016

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1338172· OSTI ID:1338172

Heeter, R. F. ^[1]; Ali, S. J. ^[1]; Benstead, J. ^[1]; Celliers, P. M. ^[1]; Coppari, F. ^[1]; Eggert, J. ^[1]; Erskine, D. ^[1]; Panella, A. F. ^[1]; Fratanduono, D. E. ^[1]; Hua, R. ^[1]; Huntington, C. M. ^[1]; Jarrott, L. C. ^[1]; Jiang, S. ^[1]; Kraus, R. G. ^[1]; Lazicki, A. E. ^[1]; LePape, S. ^[1]; Martinez, D. A. ^[1]; McNaney, J. M. ^[1]; Millot, M. A. ^[1]; Moody, J. ^[1] ; Pak, A. E. ^[1]; Park, H. S. ^[1]; Ping, Y. ^[1]; Pollock, B. B. ^[1]; Rinderknecht, H. ^[1]; Ross, J. S. ^[1]; Rubery, M. ^[1]; Sio, H. ^[1]; Smith, R. F. ^[1]; Swadling, G. F. ^[1]; Wehrenberg, C. E. ^[1]; Collins, G. W. ^[1]; Landen, O. L. ^[1]; Wan, A. ^[1]; Hsing, W. ^[1]

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1. Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)

In FY16, LLNL’s High-Energy-Density Physics (HED) and Indirect Drive Inertial Confinement Fusion (ICF-ID) programs conducted several campaigns on the OMEGA laser system and on the EP laser system, as well as campaigns that used the OMEGA and EP beams jointly. Overall, these LLNL programs led 430 target shots in FY16, with 304 shots using just the OMEGA laser system, and 126 shots using just the EP laser system. Approximately 21% of the total number of shots (77 OMEGA shots and 14 EP shots) supported the Indirect Drive Inertial Confinement Fusion Campaign (ICF-ID). The remaining 79% (227 OMEGA shots and 112 EP shots) were dedicated to experiments for High-Energy-Density Physics (HED). Highlights of the various HED and ICF campaigns are summarized in the following reports. In addition to these experiments, LLNL Principal Investigators led a variety of Laboratory Basic Science campaigns using OMEGA and EP, including 81 target shots using just OMEGA and 42 shots using just EP. The highlights of these are also summarized, following the ICF and HED campaigns. Overall, LLNL PIs led a total of 553 shots at LLE in FY 2016. In addition, LLNL PIs also supported 57 NLUF shots on Omega and 31 NLUF shots on EP, in collaboration with the academic community.

• Research Organization: Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: AC52-07NA27344
• OSTI ID: 1338172
• Report Number(s): LLNL-TR-712758; TRN: US1701428
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

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75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS
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INERTIAL CONFINEMENT
LASERS
BEAMS
RESEARCH PROGRAMS