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Title: A platform for studying the Rayleigh–Taylor and Richtmyer–Meshkov instabilities in a planar geometry at high energy density at the National Ignition Facility

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ORCiD logo [1];  [1]; ORCiD logo [1];  [1];  [1];  [1];  [1]; ORCiD logo [1]; ORCiD logo [1];  [1];  [1];  [2]; ORCiD logo [3];  [1];  [2]; ORCiD logo [3]; ORCiD logo [1];  [1];  [1]
  1. Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
  2. General Atomics, San Diego, CA (United States)
  3. Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States); Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), Office of Defense Programs (DP)
OSTI Identifier:
1485388
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1367932; OSTI ID: 1497315
Report Number(s):
LA-UR-18-22074; LLNL-JRNL-722090
Journal ID: ISSN 1070-664X
Grant/Contract Number:  
89233218CNA000001; AC52-06NA25396; AC52-07NA27344; NA0001808
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Physics of Plasmas
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 24; Journal Issue: 7; Journal ID: ISSN 1070-664X
Publisher:
American Institute of Physics (AIP)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; Physics

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Nagel, S. R., Raman, K. S., Huntington, C. M., MacLaren, S. A., Wang, P., Barrios, M. A., Baumann, T., Bender, J. D., Benedetti, L. R., Doane, D. M., Felker, S., Fitzsimmons, P., Flippo, K. A., Holder, J. P., Kaczala, D. N., Perry, T. S., Seugling, R. M., Savage, L., and Zhou, Y. A platform for studying the Rayleigh–Taylor and Richtmyer–Meshkov instabilities in a planar geometry at high energy density at the National Ignition Facility. United States: N. p., 2017. Web. doi:10.1063/1.4985312.
Nagel, S. R., Raman, K. S., Huntington, C. M., MacLaren, S. A., Wang, P., Barrios, M. A., Baumann, T., Bender, J. D., Benedetti, L. R., Doane, D. M., Felker, S., Fitzsimmons, P., Flippo, K. A., Holder, J. P., Kaczala, D. N., Perry, T. S., Seugling, R. M., Savage, L., & Zhou, Y. A platform for studying the Rayleigh–Taylor and Richtmyer–Meshkov instabilities in a planar geometry at high energy density at the National Ignition Facility. United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4985312
Nagel, S. R., Raman, K. S., Huntington, C. M., MacLaren, S. A., Wang, P., Barrios, M. A., Baumann, T., Bender, J. D., Benedetti, L. R., Doane, D. M., Felker, S., Fitzsimmons, P., Flippo, K. A., Holder, J. P., Kaczala, D. N., Perry, T. S., Seugling, R. M., Savage, L., and Zhou, Y. Wed . "A platform for studying the Rayleigh–Taylor and Richtmyer–Meshkov instabilities in a planar geometry at high energy density at the National Ignition Facility". United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4985312. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1485388.
@article{osti_1485388,
title = {A platform for studying the Rayleigh–Taylor and Richtmyer–Meshkov instabilities in a planar geometry at high energy density at the National Ignition Facility},
author = {Nagel, S. R. and Raman, K. S. and Huntington, C. M. and MacLaren, S. A. and Wang, P. and Barrios, M. A. and Baumann, T. and Bender, J. D. and Benedetti, L. R. and Doane, D. M. and Felker, S. and Fitzsimmons, P. and Flippo, K. A. and Holder, J. P. and Kaczala, D. N. and Perry, T. S. and Seugling, R. M. and Savage, L. and Zhou, Y.},
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doi = {10.1063/1.4985312},
journal = {Physics of Plasmas},
number = 7,
volume = 24,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Jul 05 00:00:00 EDT 2017},
month = {Wed Jul 05 00:00:00 EDT 2017}
}

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Figure 1 Figure 1: (a) Shock tube target depicted with the drive hal- fraums, ducial and big area backlighter. (b) Exploded view of the target package.

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