FY19 LLNL Experimental Programs at Omega

Technical Report · Tue Dec 03 00:00:00 EST 2019

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1642360· OSTI ID:1642360

Heeter, R. F. ^[1]; Albert, F. ^[1]; Ali, S. J. ^[1]; Benedetti, L. R. ^[1]; Candeias Lemos, N. ^[1]; Chen, H. ^[1]; Coppari, F. ^[1]; Fernandez Panella, A. ^[1]; Fratanduono, D. E. ^[1]; Ginnane, M. ^[2]; Gorman, M. ^[1]; Hohenberger, M. ^[1]; Jiang, S. ^[1]; Kemp, G. E. ^[1]; Khan, S. F. ^[1]; King, P. ^[1]; Krygier, A. ^[1]; Lazicki, A. E. ^[1]; Ma, T. ^[1]; MacDonald, M. J. ^[1] ; Mariscal, D. ^[1]; Marley, E. V. ^[1]; Marshall, M. C. ^[1]; Martinez, D. A. ^[1]; Millot, M. A. ^[1]; Palmer, C. A. J. ^[3]; Park, H. S. ^[1]; Park, J. ^[4]; Perez Callejo, G. ^[3]; Ping, Y. ^[1]; Pollock, B. B. ^[1]; Poole, P. L. ^[1]; Ralph, J. ^[1]; Saunders, A. M. ^[1]; Swadling, G. F. ^[1]; Tommasini, R. ^[1]; Widmann, K. ^[1]; Zylstra, A. ^[1]; Landen, O. L. ^[1]; Hsing, W. W. ^[1]; Wan, A. S. ^[1]

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1. Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
2. Univ. of Rochester, NY (United States). Lab. for Laser Energetics
3. Univ. of Oxford (United Kingdom)
4. Univ. of California, San Diego, CA (United States)

In Fiscal Year 2019 (FY19), Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory’s (LLNL’s) High- Energy-Density Physics (HED) and Indirect Drive Inertial Confinement Fusion (ICF-ID) programs conducted numerous campaigns on the OMEGA and OMEGA-EP (EP) laser systems. This was the 21st year of National Lab collaborative experiments at OMEGA since the Nova Laser at LLNL shut down in 1999, building upon prior collaborations. In FY19 overall, these LLNL programs led 488 target shots, with 259 shots using just the OMEGA laser system and 229 shots using just the EP laser system. Approximately 33% of the total number of shots (84 OMEGA shots and 79 EP shots) supported the Indirect Drive Inertial Confinement Fusion Campaign. The remaining 67% (175 OMEGA-only shots and 150 EP-only shots) were dedicated to experiments for High-Energy-Density Physics. Highlights of the various HED and ICF-ID campaigns are summarized in the following reports. In addition to these experiments, LLNL Principal Investigators (PIs) led a variety of Laboratory Basic Science campaigns using OMEGA and EP, including 80 target shots using just OMEGA, 68 shots using just EP, and 7 Joint shots using both lasers together. The highlights of these are also summarized, following the ICF and HED campaigns. Overall, LLNL PIs led a total of 636 shots at LLE in FY 2019. In addition, LLNL PIs supported 7 NLUF shots on Omega and 32 NLUF shots on EP in collaboration with the academic community.

• Research Organization: Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC52-07NA27344
• OSTI ID: 1642360
• Report Number(s): LLNL-TR-802398; 1001237; TRN: US2201529
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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