CY2020 Report for PECOS Activities
- Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
All experiments involving the Pecos target chamber in calendar year (CY) 2020 were dedicated to Pre-Heat studies in the context of Magnetized Liner Inertial Fusion (MagLIF). Activities at the target area included actual laser shots but also diagnostic and maintenance, and preparatory work for experiments with cryogenically cooled targets. The latter took up a large part of CY2020’s shot availability, and consequently there were fewer shots performed than in previous years. Since the Z-Beamlet and Z-Petawatt lasers support multiple campaigns, we can only anticipate laser and laser-operator time for one out of three shot windows in a day, and typically not on every day of the week. For that reason, many of our non-shot activities need to be traded against shots as well.
- Research Organization:
- Sandia National Laboratories (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC04-94AL85000; NA0003525
- OSTI ID:
- 1777074
- Report Number(s):
- SAND--2021-4222R; 695401
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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