FY18 LLNL Experimental Programs at Omega

Technical Report · Wed Nov 28 00:00:00 EST 2018

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1490933· OSTI ID:1490933

Heeter, R. F. ^[1]; Ali, S. J. ^[1]; Benedetti, L. R. ^[1]; Bernier, J. V. ^[1]; Chen, H. ^[1]; Coppari, F. ^[1]; Elgin, L. ^[2]; Fernandez-Panella, A. ^[1]; Gumbrell, E. ^[3]; Hua, R. ^[4]; Huntington, C. M. ^[1]; Jiang, S. ^[1]; Kemp, G. E. ^[1]; Khan, S. F. ^[1]; Krygier, A. ^[1]; Kuranz, C. ^[2]; Lazicki, A. E. ^[1]; Lemos, N. ^[1]; MacDonald, M. J. ^[1]; Mariscal, D. ^[1] ; Marley, E. V. ^[1]; Marshall, M. C. ^[1]; Martinez, D. A. ^[1]; McNaney, J. M. ^[1]; Millot, M. A. ^[1]; Ping, Y. ^[1]; Pollock, B. B. ^[1]; Poole, P. L. ^[1]; Rinderknecht, H. G. ^[1]; Rubery, M. ^[3]; Saunders, A. M. ^[1]; Smith, R. F. ^[1]; Swadling, G. F. ^[1]; Tommasini, R. ^[1]; Widmann, K. ^[1]; Williams, G. J. ^[1]; Landen, O. L. ^[1]; Hsing, W. W. ^[1]; Wan, A. S. ^[1]

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1. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
2. Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (United States)
3. Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE), Berkshire (United Kingdom)
4. Univ. of California, San Diego, CA (United States)

In Fiscal Year 2018 (FY18), Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory’s (LLNL’s) High Energy-Density Physics (HED) and Indirect Drive Inertial Confinement Fusion (ICF-ID) programs conducted numerous campaigns on the OMEGA and OMEGA-EP (EP) laser systems. This was the 20th year of National Lab collaborative experiments at OMEGA since the Nova Laser at LLNL shut down in 1999 [1], building upon prior collaborations. In FY18 overall, these LLNL programs led 465 target shots, with 283 shots using just the OMEGA laser system, 172 shots using just the EP laser system, and 10 Joint shots using both lasers together. Approximately 28% of the total number of shots (60 OMEGA shots and 71 EP shots) supported the Indirect Drive Inertial Confinement Fusion Campaign. The remaining 72% (223 OMEGA-only shots, 101 EP-only shots and 10 Joint shots) were dedicated to experiments for High-Energy-Density Physics. Highlights of the various HED and ICF-ID campaigns are summarized in the following reports. In addition to these experiments, LLNL Principal Investigators (PIs) led a variety of Laboratory Basic Science campaigns using OMEGA and EP, including 99 target shots using just OMEGA and 39 shots using just EP. The highlights of these are also summarized, following the ICF and HED campaigns. Overall, LLNL PIs led a total of 603 shots at LLE in FY 2018. In addition, LLNL PIs supported 47 NLUF shots on Omega and 31 NLUF shots on EP in collaboration with the academic community.

• Research Organization: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC52-07NA27344
• OSTI ID: 1490933
• Report Number(s): LLNL-TR-763329; 951205
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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