Bulletin of the American Physical Society
64th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Plasma Physics
Volume 67, Number 15
Monday–Friday, October 17–21, 2022; Spokane, Washington
Session TP11: Poster Session VII: In-Person, Hall A (9:30-11:00am) and Virtual Poster Presentations (11:15am-12:30pm)
MFE: FRC, RFPs etc
ICF: Fast Ignition; Diagnostics; Computational; Laser Plasma Interactions
FUND: Computation
9:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Thursday, October 20, 2022
Room: Exhibit Hall A and Online
Abstract: TP11.00073 : The T-STAR Experimental Facility for IFE and HED Science at the University of Texas
Presenter:
Andrea Hannasch
(Focused Energy Inc.)
Authors:
Andrea Hannasch
(Focused Energy Inc.)
Sandra Bruce
(University of Texas at Austin)
Ahmed Helal
(University of Texas at Austin)
James Heisler
(Focused Energy Inc.)
Doug Hammond
(Focused Energy Inc.)
Martin Sokol
(Focused Energy Inc.)
Michael M Spinks
(University of Texas at Austin)
Eli Medina
(University of Texas at Austin)
Cris W Barnes
(Focused Energy Inc., Woodruff Scientific Inc.)
Juan C Fernandez
(Focused Energy Inc., Los Alamos National Lab)
Leonard C Jarrott
(Focused Energy Inc.)
Pravesh K Patel
(Focused Energy Inc.)
Markus Roth
(Focused Energy Inc., Technical University Darmstadt)
Todd Ditmire
(Focused Energy Inc., University of Texas at Austin)
The University of Texas has been a reliable hub for IFE experimental research teams for over a decade but does not currently fill this identified technological gap. The proposed Texas Science and Technology Advanced Research (T‑STAR) Facility will be an essential first step toward meeting these new scientific demands. This facility would implement four kJ-class beamlines, capable of operation at one shot per three minutes. Designed with emphasis on flexibility, each beamline would support both long pulse (ns) kJ operation and short pulse (<500 fs) operation, each with user-tunable pulse durations. The experimental platform will be supported by several standard configurations of focus geometries capable of tuning the short pulse intensity on target up to 1022 W/cm3, with the flexibility to have both long and short pulse beams in the target chamber simultaneously.
The design of T-STAR is driven by priority research opportunities that include the examination of key scientific issues related to IFE and high energy density laboratory plasmas (HEDLP) such as laser plasma instabilities, acceleration of ion beams for heating, radiation hydrodynamics, x-ray source generation, and more. In this talk, we present the proposed experimental platform, standard configurations and key supporting diagnostics for long and short pulse operation.
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