Plasma Science and Fusion Center (PSFC): Recent submissions

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    • Laser-direct-drive fusion target design with a high-Z gradient-density pusher shell 

      Hu, S.X.; Ceurvorst, L.; Peebles, J.L.; Mao, A.; Li, P.; e.a. (APS, 2023-07)
      Laser-direct-drive fusion target designs with solid deuterium-tritium (DT) fuel, a high-Z gradient-density pusher shell (GDPS), and a Au-coated foam layer have been investigated through both 1D and 2D radiationhydrodynamic ...

    • Direct Measurements of DT Fuel Preheat from Hot Electrons in Direct-Drive Inertial Confinement Fusion 

      Christopherson, A.R.; Betti, R.; Forrest, C.J.; Howard, J.; Theobald, W.; e.a. (APS, 2021-07)
      Hot electrons generated by laser-plasma instabilities degrade the performance of laser-fusion implosions by preheating the DT fuel and reducing core compression. The hot-electron energy deposition in the DT fuel has been ...

    • Weakly Magnetized, Hall Dominated Plasma Couette Flow 

      Flanagan, K.; Milhone, J.; Egedal, J.; Endrizzi, D.; Olson, J.; e.a. (APS, 2020-09)
      A novel plasma equilibrium in the high-β, Hall regime that produces centrally-peaked, high Mach number Couette flow is described. Flow is driven using a weak, uniform magnetic field and large, cross field currents. Large ...