Design of the opacity spectrometer for opacity measurements at the National Ignition Facility

Ross, P. W.; Heeter, R. F.; Ahmed, M. F.; Dodd, E.; Huffman, E. J.; Liedahl, D. A.; King, J. A.; Opachich, Y. P.; Schneider, M. B.; Perry, T. S.

doi:10.1063/1.4962819

Title: Design of the opacity spectrometer for opacity measurements at the National Ignition Facility

Journal Article · Mon Oct 03 00:00:00 EDT 2016 · Review of Scientific Instruments

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4962819· OSTI ID:1438694

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National Security Technologies, LLC. (NSTec), Livermore, CA (United States)
Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)

Recent experiments at the Sandia National Laboratory Z facility have called into question models used in calculating opacity, of importance for modeling stellar interiors. An effort is being made to reproduce these results at the National Ignition Facility (NIF). These experiments require a new X-ray opacity spectrometer (OpSpec) spanning 540 eV–2100 eV with a resolving power E/ΔE > 700. The design of the OpSpec is presented. Photometric calculations based on expected opacity data are also presented in this paper. First use on NIF is expected in September 2016.

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Research Organization:: Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States); National Security Technologies, LLC. (NSTec), Livermore, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC52-07NA27344; AC52-06NA25946

OSTI ID:: 1438694

Report Number(s):: LLNL-JRNL-740588; TRN: US1900489

Journal Information:: Review of Scientific Instruments, Vol. 87, Issue 11; ISSN 0034-6748

Publisher:: American Institute of Physics (AIP)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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