Review of pulsed power-driven high energy density physics research on Z at Sandia

Pulsed power accelerators compress electrical energy in space and time to provide versatile experimental platforms for high energy density and inertial confinement fusion science. The 80-TW “Z” pulsed power facility at Sandia National Laboratories is the largest pulsed power device in the world toda...

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Published in:Physics of Plasmas 2020-07, Vol.27 (7)
Main Authors: Sinars, D. B., Sweeney, M. A., Ampleford, D. J., Ao, T., Apruzese, J. P., Armstrong, D. J., Bailey, J. E., Baker, K. L., Ball, C. R., Barclay, H. T., Bell, K. S., Benage, J. F., Bennett, N. L., Bourdon, C. J., Branch, B. A., Campbell, E. M., Campbell, R. B., Chandler, K., Christenson, P. J., Christner, E. B., Clay, R. C., Cook, B. M., Custer, J. S., Dasgupta, A., Dolan, D. H., Douglass, J. D., Duwal, S., Edwards, M. J., Farfan, B. G., Fein, J. R., Field, E. S., Fisher, J. A., Flanagan, T. M., Flicker, D. G., Furnish, M. D., Galloway, B. R., Giuliani, J. L., Glinsky, M. E., Haill, T. A., Hamlin, N. D., Hammer, J. H., Harding, E. C., Harvey-Thompson, A. J., Headley, D., Hess, M. H., Johnston, M. D., Jones, B. M., Jones, M. C., Jones, P. A., Kalita, P. E., Kamm, R. J., Knapp, P. F., Kreft, A., Laity, G. R., Lake, P. W., Lamppa, D. C., Langston, W. L., Leckbee, J. J., Lemke, R. W., Lewis, W., Loisel, G. P., Lopez, A. J., Lucero, D. J., MacLaren, S. A., Mangan, M. A., Martin, M. R., Mattsson, T. R., McLean, H. S., McCoy, C. A., Miles, A. R., Mills, J. A., Mitchell, M. D., Myers, C. E., Natoni, G., Owen, A. C., Patel, S., Peterson, K. J., Pointon, T. D., Porter, J. L., Porwitzky, A. J., Rambo, P. K., Rose, D. V., Savage, M. E., Schaeuble, M. A., Schollmeier, M. S., Slutz, S. A., Speas, C. S., Specht, P. E., Speir, M. J., Spencer, D. C., Springer, P. T., Stygar, W. A., Torres, J. A., Webb, T. J., Weinbrecht, E. A., Weis, M. R., Welch, D. R., Wise, J. L., Yager-Elorriaga, D. A., Yu, E. P.
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Language:English
Subjects:
Accelerators
Capacitor banks
Flux density
Inductance
Inertial confinement fusion
Materials science
Ozone
Plasma physics
Plasmas (physics)
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Summary:Pulsed power accelerators compress electrical energy in space and time to provide versatile experimental platforms for high energy density and inertial confinement fusion science. The 80-TW “Z” pulsed power facility at Sandia National Laboratories is the largest pulsed power device in the world today. Z discharges up to 22 MJ of energy stored in its capacitor banks into a current pulse that rises in 100 ns and peaks at a current as high as 30 MA in low-inductance cylindrical targets. Considerable progress has been made over the past 15 years in the use of pulsed power as a precision scientific tool. This paper reviews developments at Sandia in inertial confinement fusion, dynamic materials science, x-ray radiation science, and pulsed power engineering, with an emphasis on progress since a previous review of research on Z in Physics of Plasmas in 2005.
ISSN:1070-664X
1089-7674
DOI:10.1063/5.0007476