Modeling the Interaction of Laser-Produced Proton Beams with Matter
A major goal of this project is to significantly increase our understanding of isochoric heating of matter using laser produced proton beams, and the associated high energy density (HED) and warm dense matter (WDM) regimes generated. This will benefit research fields such as planetary science, fusion energy, plasma physics, and material science. For example, it will enhance our understanding of WDM properties of iron and silica under conditions encountered in planetary interiors and diagnostic components in fusion devices exposed to high fluxes of energetic plasma ions. The project is motivated by recent experiments that irradiated Si targets with proton beams generated by the 20 TW-laser at the SLAC MEC end-station. The HED/WDM states are probed using the 50 fs hard X-rays available in the 3rd harmonic of the LCLS. As part of this project, results from the phase contrast X-ray imaging, which shows the generation of compression waves that produces rear surface spallation, are compared with results from the 3D multi-physics multi- material code, PISALE, that combines Arbitrary Lagrangian-Eulerian (ALE) hydrodynamics with Adaptive Mesh Refinement (AMR). This comparison required modifications to several physics models in the PISALE (Pacific Island Structured-AMR with ALE) code. An important aspect of this project is the continued training of graduate students in HED physics and in conducting complex multiphysics simulations.
- Research Organization:
- University of Hawaii
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Fusion Energy Sciences (FES)
- DOE Contract Number:
- SC0023475
- OSTI ID:
- 2530218
- Type / Phase:
- STTR20
- Report Number(s):
- Final report: DOE-UH-23475
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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