Theory and Simulation of Warm Dense Matter Targets

Journal Article · Thu Jul 13 00:00:00 EDT 2006 · Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research

OSTI ID:936684

Barnard, J J; Armijo, J; More, R M; Friedman, A; Kaganovich, I; Logan, B G; Marinak, M M; Penn, G E; Sefkow, A B; Santhanam, P; Wurtele, J S

We present simulations and analysis of the heating of warm dense matter foils by ion beams with ion energy less than one MeV per nucleon to target temperatures of order one eV. Simulations were carried out using the multi-physics radiation hydrodynamics code HYDRA and comparisons are made with analysis and the code DPC. We simulate possible targets for a proposed experiment at LBNL (the so-called Neutralized Drift Compression Experiment, NDCXII) for studies of warm dense matter. We compare the dynamics of ideally heated targets, under several assumed equation of states, exploring dynamics in the two-phase (fluid-vapor) regime.

• Research Organization: Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-48
• OSTI ID: 936684
• Report Number(s): UCRL-JRNL-222870; NIMRD9; TRN: US0805632
• Journal Information: Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Vol. 577, Issue 1-2; ISSN 0167-5087
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION
COMPRESSION
HEATING
HYDRA
HYDRODYNAMICS
ION BEAMS
NUCLEONS
RADIATIONS
SIMULATION
TARGETS