Session JO8: ICF Diagnostics: X-ray

2:00 PM–4:36 PM, Tuesday, November 15, 2011
Room: Ballroom I

Chair: Joe Kilkenny, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Abstract ID: BAPS.2011.DPP.JO8.11

Abstract: JO8.00011 : Same-Shot X-Ray Thomson Scattering and Streaked Imaging of Xenon Radiative Shock Experiments

4:00 PM–4:12 PM

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Authors:

  Channing Huntington
    (University of Michigan)

  Eliseo Gamboa
    (University of Michigan)

  Christine Krauland
    (University of Michigan)

  Carolyn Kuranz
    (University of Michigan)

  R. Paul Drake
    (University of Michigan)

  Siegfried Glenzer
    (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory)

We review the experimental design and results from recent CRASH radiative shock experiments at the Omega Laser facility. These experiments seek to measure the system with high accuracy, employing streaked x-ray radiography and x-ray Thomson scattering diagnostics on each shot. We detail how this diagnostic combination allows for precise interrogation of the different regions of the shock, including the radiation-heated upstream precursor, the radiatively collapsed cooling layer, and the downstream material. Spatially and temporally correlated data from the x-ray streak camera and gated spectrometer is shown, and plans for future iterations of radiative shock experiments are also discussed.

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