Session PO6 : Hydrodynamic Instability

Chair: Debbie Callahan, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Rosen Centre Hotel - Salon 5/6


Wednesday, November 14, 2007
2:00 PM–2:12 PM

PO6.00001 : Equal-Channel-Angular-Extrusion Be-Cu as a NIF Ablator
J. Cobble, T. Tierney, B.G. DeVolder, N.M. Hoffman, R.D. Day, A. Nobile

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Wednesday, November 14, 2007
2:12 PM–2:24 PM

PO6.00002 : NIF-ablator characterization experiments on the Omega laser system
D.K. Bradley, G.W. Collins, S.G. Glendinning, R.H. Page, O.L. Landen, V.A. Smalyuk, A. Nikroo, K. Moreno

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Wednesday, November 14, 2007
2:24 PM–2:36 PM

PO6.00003 : Simulations of high-mode Rayleigh-Taylor growth in NIF ignition capsules
M.M. Marinak, J. Salmonson, H.F. Robey, M. Patel, B.A. Hammel, M.J. Edwards

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Wednesday, November 14, 2007
2:36 PM–2:48 PM

PO6.00004 : Effects of viscosity and mass diffusion on the Richtmyer-Meshkov instability at the DT-ice/Be interface
Jonathan Iloreta, H.F. Robey, Andrew Cook, John Edwards, Andrew Szeri

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Wednesday, November 14, 2007
2:48 PM–3:00 PM

PO6.00005 : Late time nonlinear hydrodynamic instabilities evolution-- theoretical and numerical investigation.
Shvarts Dov, Yonathan Elbaz, Nachliel Wygoda

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Wednesday, November 14, 2007
3:00 PM–3:12 PM

PO6.00006 : Multimode simulations of indirectly-driven high-convergence plastic capsules on Omega

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Wednesday, November 14, 2007
3:12 PM–3:24 PM

PO6.00007 : Inference of ICF Implosion Core Mix using Experimental Data and Theoretical Mix Models
L. Welser-Sherrill, D.A. Haynes, J.H. Cooley, R.C. Mancini, R. Tommasini, I. Golovkin, S.P. Regan, V.A. Smalyuk

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Wednesday, November 14, 2007
3:24 PM–3:36 PM

PO6.00008 : Irradiation Uniformity in Direct-Drive Simulations Using 3-D Ray Trace
A. Shvydky, D. Keller, J.A. Marozas, P.W. McKenty, S. Skupsky

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Wednesday, November 14, 2007
3:36 PM–3:48 PM

PO6.00009 : Stabilizing effect of anisotropic thermal diffusion on the ablative Rayleigh-Taylor instability
L. Masse

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Wednesday, November 14, 2007
3:48 PM–4:00 PM

PO6.00010 : Rayleigh--Taylor Growth and Spherical Compression Measurements of Silicon-Doped Ablators
J.P. Knauer, P.B. Radha, V.N. Goncharov, I.V. Igumenschev, R. Betti, R. Epstein, F.J. Marshall, S.P. Regan, V.A. Smalyuk, D.D. Meyerhofer, S. Skupsky

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Wednesday, November 14, 2007
4:00 PM–4:12 PM

PO6.00011 : Numerically Simulating Collisions of Plastic and Foam Laser-Driven Foils
S.T. Zalesak, A.L. Velikovich, A.J. Schmitt, Y. Aglitskiy, N. Metzler

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Wednesday, November 14, 2007
4:12 PM–4:24 PM

PO6.00012 : Collisions of plastic and foam laser-driven foils studied by orthogonal x-ray imaging.
S.P. Obenschain, A.J. Schmitt, A.L. Velikovich, S.T. Zalesak, J.H. Gardner, J. Oh, E.C. Harding, Y. Aglitskiy, N. Metzler, M. Karasik, V. Serlin

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Wednesday, November 14, 2007
4:24 PM–4:36 PM

PO6.00013 : Effects of Preheating on Compression and Rayleigh--Taylor Growth in Planar Plastic Targets on OMEGA
V.A. Smalyuk, J.A. Delettrez, V.N. Goncharov, S.X. Hu, D.D. Meyerhofer, S.P. Regan, T.C. Sangster, D. Shvarts, C. Stoeckl, B. Yaakobi, J.A. Frenje, R.D. Petrasso

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Wednesday, November 14, 2007
4:36 PM–4:48 PM

PO6.00014 : Validation of Thermal Transport Modeling in Direct-Drive Targets Using Planar{\-}Foil Experiments on OMEGA
S.X. Hu, V.A. Smalyuk, V.N. Goncharov, P.B. Radha, J.P. Knauer, T.C. Sangster, D.D. Meyerhofer, I.V. Igumenshchev, J.A. Marozas, S. Skupsky

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Wednesday, November 14, 2007
4:48 PM–5:00 PM

PO6.00015 : Laser direct-drive IFE targets: sensitivity to fabrication and drive asymmetries
A.J. Schmitt, S.T. Zalesak, J.W. Bates, D. Fyfe, D. Colombant

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