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High Energy Density Plasma Physics Experiments at the National Labs: X-ray Spectroscopy, Inertial Confinement Fusion, and Laboratory Astrophysics David Cohen Swarthmore College Dept. of Physics and Astronomy astro.swarthmore.edu/~cohen presentations vanderbilt

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Page 1: cohen vanderbilt physicstalk - Swarthmore College

Hig

h En

ergy

Den

sity

Pla

sma

Phys

ics

Expe

rimen

ts a

t the

Nat

iona

l Lab

s: X

-ray

Sp

ectro

scop

y, In

ertia

l Con

finem

ent F

usio

n,

and

Labo

rato

ry A

stro

phys

ics

Dav

id C

ohen

Swar

thm

ore

Col

lege

D

ept.

of P

hysi

cs a

nd A

stro

nom

y

astro

.swar

thm

ore.

edu/

~coh

en→

pres

enta

tions

→va

nder

bilt

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Talk

Out

line

1.Fa

cilit

ies a

nd c

apab

ilitie

s

2.In

ertia

l Con

finem

ent F

usio

n (I

CF)

3.O

MEG

A e

xper

imen

ts: X

-ray

spec

tral d

iagn

ostic

s of I

CF

mat

eria

ls

4.La

bora

tory

ast

roph

ysic

s

5.C

reat

ing

an X

-ray

pho

toio

nize

dne

bula

in th

e la

bora

tory

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Hig

h En

ergy

Den

sity

Pla

sma

Phys

ics a

t N

atio

nal F

acili

ties

Las

ers

NO

VA

(Liv

erm

ore)

-cl

osed

in la

te 1

990s

-10

bea

ms,

20

kJ U

V li

ght i

n ~1

ns

OM

EGA

(U. R

oche

ster

/LLE

) -op

ened

in 1

970s

-60

be

ams,

30 k

J, U

V (N

d gl

ass l

aser

)

Nat

iona

l Ign

ition

Fac

ility

(NIF

) (Li

verm

ore)

-co

min

g on

lin

e th

is d

ecad

e -1

92 b

eam

s, 2

MJ

Z-p

inch

es

Z-m

achi

ne/P

BFA

-II (

Sand

ia) -

orig

inal

ly b

uilt

in 1

970s

-20

MA

of c

urre

nt in

a c

ylin

dric

al w

ire a

rray

-~2

MJ o

f X-

rays

in ~

10 n

s

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The

se fa

cilit

ies a

re o

pen

to n

on-la

b sc

ient

ists

DO

E’s N

atio

nal L

aser

Use

rs F

acili

ties (

NLU

F)

prog

ram

ena

bles

uni

vers

ity sc

ient

ists

acc

ess o

f O

MEG

A (a

nd p

revi

ousl

y N

OV

A),

as w

ell a

s oth

er

faci

litie

s at L

os A

lam

os, e

tc. -

som

e co

ordi

natio

n w

ith

lab

scie

ntis

ts a

nd te

chni

cian

s is r

equi

red/

prov

ided

Use

of t

he Z

-Mac

hine

gen

eral

ly re

quire

s a S

andi

a co

llabo

rato

r, bu

t DO

E’s f

usio

n gr

ants

pro

gram

(SB

SS)

prov

ides

supp

ort a

nd c

an fa

cilit

ate

colla

bora

tions

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Typ

es o

f exp

erim

ents

: gen

eral

ly in

volv

ing

high

ene

rgy

dens

ity p

lasm

as (>

105

atm

)

Can

ach

ieve

mul

ti-G

Pa p

ress

ures

, 103

g cm

-3de

nsiti

es,

mul

ti-m

illio

n K

tem

pera

ture

s in

10 c

m3

volu

me

Soph

istic

ated

dia

gnos

tics a

re a

vaila

ble

at th

ese

faci

litie

s (ti

me

reso

lved

imag

ing

and

spec

trosc

opy,

neu

tron

and

othe

r par

ticle

det

ecto

rs, f

ast r

adio

grap

hy, e

tc.)

-Pl

asm

a in

stab

ility

stud

ies (

inst

abili

ty g

row

th ra

te,

incl

udin

g ap

plic

atio

ns to

supe

rnov

a ex

plos

ions

)

-EO

S st

udie

s (e.

g. o

f hyd

roge

n un

der v

ery

high

pr

essu

re, a

pplic

atio

ns to

gia

nt p

lane

t int

erio

rs)

-Rad

iatio

n an

d th

erm

al e

nerg

y tra

nspo

rt

-Ato

mic

phy

sics

and

opa

citie

s

-Sho

ck p

hysi

cs

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Lase

r Fac

ilitie

sG

ener

ally

Nd

glas

s las

ers (

but 5

kJ g

as (K

rF) l

aser

at N

RL)

; 1.0

6 µm

IR li

ght,

freq

uenc

y tri

pled

into

the

near

UV

; mul

ti-be

am (f

or

sym

met

ry a

nd fl

exib

ility

)

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Live

rmor

e’s N

IF w

ill b

e co

mpl

eted

in se

vera

l yea

rs,

and

is a

lread

y op

erat

iona

l.

Her

e ar

e so

me

view

s of t

he

huge

targ

et c

ham

ber,

durin

g its

con

stru

ctio

n.

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Lase

rs c

an b

e us

ed d

irect

ly to

acc

eler

ate

e.g.

foils

, driv

e sh

ock

wav

es, a

nd c

ompr

ess m

ater

ial s

ampl

es

Als

o, th

ey c

an b

e us

ed in

dire

ctly

to g

ener

ate

X-r

ays -

lase

r lig

ht is

ther

mal

ized

by a

hig

h-Z

foil

or in

side

a h

igh-

Z en

clos

ure,

or h

ohlr

aum

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Z-Pi

nche

sA

cur

rent

pas

sing

thro

ugh

a va

poriz

ed w

ire o

r oth

er c

ylin

dric

al

plas

ma

gene

rate

s a p

oloi

dalm

agne

tic fi

eld

that

inte

ract

s with

the

curr

ent,

gene

ratin

g a

Lore

ntz

forc

e in

the

dire

ctio

n of

the

curr

ent

axis

-th

e re

sult

is a

self-

pinc

hed

plas

ma

(e.g

. lig

htni

ng) -

and

the

on-a

xis c

ompr

essi

on c

an g

ener

ate

a sh

ock

wav

e, th

at e

ffic

ient

ly

conv

erts

the

mag

netic

ene

rgy

to h

eat,

and

then

X-r

ays.

E x

B fo

rce

wire

s

B-f

ield

Z-ax

is; n

et

curr

ent;

foam

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The

Z-M

achi

ne a

t San

dia

-app

licat

ion

of a

pul

sed-

pow

er g

ener

ator

(Par

ticle

Bea

m F

usio

n A

ccel

erat

or

(PB

FA))

-w

orld

’s la

rges

Z-p

inch

and

mos

t pow

erfu

l X-

ray

sour

ce (2

MJ i

n 10

ns →

200

TW o

f X-r

ay p

ower

)

Expe

rimen

tal p

acka

ges c

an b

e fie

lded

nea

r or e

ven

with

in

the

pinc

h -h

ohlra

umsa

djac

ent t

o th

e pi

nch;

cap

sule

s and

ot

her m

ater

ial s

ampl

es e

mbe

dded

in th

e fo

am c

ore

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Talk

Out

line

1.Fa

cilit

ies a

nd c

apab

ilitie

s

2.In

ertia

l Con

finem

ent F

usio

n (I

CF)

3.O

MEG

A e

xper

imen

ts: X

-ray

spec

tral d

iagn

ostic

s of I

CF

mat

eria

ls

4.La

bora

tory

ast

roph

ysic

s

5.C

reat

ing

an X

-ray

pho

toio

nize

dne

bula

in th

e la

bora

tory

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Iner

tial C

onfin

emen

t Fus

ion

(IC

F)

→th

e fin

al p

rodu

cts o

f a fu

sion

reac

tion

wei

gh 0

.7%

less

than

th

e in

itial

ingr

edie

nts,

thus

0.7

% m

c2is

con

verte

d in

to e

nerg

y:

One

gra

m o

f fue

l yie

lds 1

75,0

00 k

W-h

ours

of e

nerg

y

Deu

teriu

m-T

ritiu

m fu

sion

reac

tions

ha

ve th

e bi

gges

t cro

ss se

ctio

n

Ener

gy is

rele

ased

prim

arily

in th

e fo

rm o

f fas

t neu

trons

; the

re a

re v

ario

us

sche

mes

for h

arne

ssin

g th

is e

nerg

y

A w

orki

ng te

st-r

eact

or is

dec

ades

off

st

ill, b

ut fu

sion

pow

er is

an

attra

ctiv

e lo

ng-te

rm so

lutio

n to

our

ene

rgy

need

s

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Diff

eren

t Fus

ion

Met

hods

Prac

tical

pro

blem

:com

bina

tion

of h

igh

tem

pera

ture

s and

den

sitie

s ar

e re

quire

d to

forc

e po

sitiv

ely

char

ged

nucl

ei to

geth

er, b

ut th

e re

sulti

ng h

igh

pres

sure

will

tend

to b

low

fusi

on p

lasm

a (h

ot io

nize

d ga

s) a

part

3 pr

imar

y pl

asm

a co

nfin

emen

t m

etho

dsI.

Gra

vita

tiona

l con

finem

ent:

astro

phys

ical

con

text

s

II. M

agne

tic c

onfin

emen

t: to

kom

aks

III.

Iner

tial c

onfin

emen

t-in

ertia

of

the

fuel

con

fines

it fo

r the

na

nose

cond

s (10

-9s)

requ

ired

for

the

fusi

on re

actio

n to

pro

ceed

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How

Doe

s Ine

rtial

Con

finem

ent F

usio

n (I

CF)

Wor

k?

A sp

heric

al c

apsu

le fi

lled

with

hyd

roge

n fu

el is

bom

bard

ed w

ith

ener

gy, c

ompr

essi

ngan

d he

atin

ga

smal

l reg

ion

in th

e ce

nter

of t

he

fuel

.

The

fusi

on re

actio

ns fr

om th

is c

entra

l “ho

t spo

t” d

epos

it en

ough

ener

gy in

the

rest

of t

he fu

el th

at fu

sion

occ

urs t

here

too–

this

pr

oces

s is r

efer

red

to a

s ign

ition

.

Not

e th

at d

urin

g th

e ve

ry sh

ort p

erio

d of

igni

tion

(a fe

w n

anos

econ

ds, o

r a b

illio

nth

of a

seco

nd) t

he fu

el is

pus

hed

inw

ard,

soits

ow

n in

ertia

act

s to

impe

de it

s dis

asse

mbl

y; h

ence

the

term

iner

tial c

onfin

emen

t fus

ion.

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Phys

ical

Req

uire

men

ts fo

r fus

ion

–ov

erco

min

g th

e C

oulo

mb

Bar

rier

Not

e: c

ente

r of t

he S

un h

as T

~15

X 1

06K

, ρ ~

100

g cm

-3

In a

n ab

latio

n-dr

iven

cap

sule

impl

osio

n w

ith a

shoc

k ve

loci

ty o

f 300

km

s-1, a

hot

spot

with

an

area

lm

ass o

f >0.

1 g

cm-2

and

a te

mpe

ratu

re o

f sev

eral

keV

can

igni

te (a

lpha

par

ticle

ene

rgy

depo

sitio

n ex

ceed

s los

ses)

. Ta

ken

from

Lin

dl, P

hysi

cs o

f Pla

smas

, 2, 3

933,

199

5.

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Indi

rect

-Driv

e IC

F

Indi

rect

-driv

e IC

F de

liver

s the

ene

rgy

of a

lase

r (or

ion

beam

) no

t dire

ctly

to th

e fu

el c

apsu

le, b

ut ra

ther

to a

n en

clos

ure,

or

hohl

raum

, in

whi

ch it

is th

erm

aliz

ed.

This

ther

mal

radi

atio

n is

typi

cally

cha

ract

eriz

ed b

y te

mpe

ratu

res o

f 2 to

3 m

illio

n K

, so

it is

prim

arily

X-r

ays.

Imag

es o

f a g

old

hohl

raum

used

at

the

NO

VA

lase

r at L

iver

mor

e (f

ar le

ft).

The

pict

ure

on th

e rig

ht w

as ta

ken

in X

-ray

s and

sh

ows t

he la

ser h

otsp

ots o

n th

e in

teri

orof

the

hohl

raum

radi

atin

g th

roug

h th

e ho

hlra

umw

alls

.

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Indi

rect

-driv

e IC

F C

apsu

le Im

plos

ion:

co

mpr

essi

on a

nd h

eatin

g vi

a ab

latio

n

The

X-r

ays t

hat f

ill th

e ho

hlra

umba

the

the

fuel

cap

sule

at i

ts c

ente

r, de

posi

ting

ener

gy

on th

e ou

tsid

e of

the

capu

lean

d he

atin

g th

e ou

ter c

apsu

le la

yers

(ref

erre

d to

as t

he

abla

tor)

. Th

is h

ot p

lasm

a ru

shes

aw

ay fr

om th

e ca

psul

e in

to th

e re

lativ

e va

cuum

of

the

hohl

raum

. C

onse

rvat

ion

of m

omen

tum

cau

ses c

ompr

essi

on o

f the

inte

rior o

f the

ca

psul

e (th

e ro

cket

effe

ct),

with

an

inw

ard

mov

ing

shoc

kwav

e co

nver

ging

on

the

fuel

in

the

caps

ule’

s cen

ter.

shoc

k w

ave

radi

atio

n w

ave

A h

ydro

dyna

mic

alsi

mul

atio

n of

the

abla

tion

and

com

pres

sion

of a

solid

pl

astic

sam

ple

by th

erm

al X

-ray

s. Th

e X

-ray

s are

inci

dent

from

the

left.

H

ot, t

enuo

us m

ater

ial e

xpan

ds

rapi

dly

off t

he (p

revi

ousl

y) so

lid

surf

ace

tow

ard

the

left,

whi

le a

sh

ockw

ave

mov

ing

tow

ard

the

right

co

mpr

esse

s the

rem

aini

ng m

ater

ial.

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Cle

arly

, con

trolli

ng th

e in

tera

ctio

n of

the

X-r

ays w

ith th

e ou

ter

abla

tor l

ayer

of t

he fu

el c

apsu

le is

cru

cial

for g

ener

atin

g an

ef

ficie

nt im

plos

ion

and

subs

eque

nt ig

nitio

n of

the

fusi

on fu

el.

Typi

cally

, fue

l cap

sule

s con

sist

of

a sp

heric

al p

last

ic sh

ell (

the

abla

tor)

surr

ound

ing

high

de

nsity

hyd

roge

n ic

e (s

ee th

e sc

hem

atic

on

the

left)

.

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Abla

tor d

opan

tsaf

fect

the

opac

ity a

nd d

ensi

ty, c

hang

ing

the

man

ner

in w

hich

ene

rgy

is a

bsor

bed

by th

e ab

lato

r.B

y ad

ding

mid

-Z d

opan

ts(li

ke b

rom

ine,

cop

per,

or g

erm

aniu

m) t

o th

e pl

astic

or

bery

llium

cap

sule

abl

ator

, we

can

cont

rol t

he d

ensi

ty a

nd o

paci

ty o

f the

abl

ator

. Th

is in

turn

con

trols

the

abla

tion/

com

pres

sion

phy

sics

in th

e fu

el c

apsu

le. T

he

dopa

ntsa

lso

prov

ide

a ‘s

hiel

d’ a

gain

st ra

diat

ion

preh

eat o

f the

fuel

, allo

win

g fo

r ef

ficie

nt c

ompr

essi

on a

t the

low

est e

ntro

py p

ossi

ble.

Ros

sela

nd M

ean

Gro

up O

paci

ty

1.E

-01

1.E

+00

1.E

+01

1.E

+02

1.E

+03

1.E

+04

1.E

+05 10

100

1000

1000

0

Ene

rgy

(eV

)

Absorption Coefficiant (cm^2/g)

Und

oped

Dop

ed

n_io

n =

5e20

/cc

kT_e

= 1

50eV

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Talk

Out

line

1.Fa

cilit

ies a

nd c

apab

ilitie

s

2.In

ertia

l Con

finem

ent F

usio

n (I

CF)

3.O

ME

GA

exp

erim

ents

: X-r

ay sp

ectr

al d

iagn

ostic

s of

ICF

mat

eria

ls

4.La

bora

tory

ast

roph

ysic

s

5.C

reat

ing

an X

-ray

pho

toio

nize

dne

bula

in th

e la

bora

tory

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OM

EGA

exp

erim

ents

: X-r

ay sp

ectra

l dia

gnos

tics o

f IC

F m

ater

ials

Goa

l: To

stud

y th

e ef

fect

s of a

blat

or d

opan

tson

the

radi

atio

n-hy

drod

ynam

ics o

f the

abl

atio

n an

d ca

psul

e im

plos

ion;

and

To d

evel

op a

tech

niqu

e fo

r dia

gnos

ing

the

inst

anta

neou

s pr

oper

ties a

t a lo

catio

n in

the

inte

rior

of a

solid

sam

ple.

Spec

ifica

lly, w

e w

ant t

o m

easu

re th

e tim

e at

whi

ch th

e ra

diat

ion

wav

e re

ache

s a sp

ecifi

c de

pth

in th

e ab

lato

r as a

fu

nctio

n of

dop

antl

evel

.

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By

putti

ng a

pla

nar s

ampl

e of

pla

stic

abl

ator

mat

eria

l on

the

side

of a

hoh

lraum

we

can

sim

plify

the

geom

etry

Thes

e ex

perim

ents

wer

e ca

rrie

d ou

t in

Apr

il 20

00 a

t the

O

MEG

A la

ser.

On

the

right

is a

pho

togr

aph

of a

hoh

lraum

targ

et, o

n th

e le

ft is

a sc

hem

atic

.

Not

e: th

ese

hohl

raum

s, w

ith la

sers

ent

erin

g on

onl

y on

e si

de a

re re

ferr

ed to

as h

alfr

aum

s.

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The

abla

tor “

pack

ages

” ar

e th

in, p

lana

r san

dwic

hes o

f act

ual a

blat

or

mat

eria

l sur

roun

ding

a v

ery

thin

laye

r of a

spec

trosc

opic

trac

er

halfr

aum

radi

atio

n

Ge-

dope

d or

und

oped

plas

tic

NaC

ltra

cer

< 0.

5 µ~20

µ~5

µTh

is p

acka

ge, m

ount

ed o

ver a

ho

le o

n th

e ou

tsid

e of

the

hohl

raum

, act

ually

sees

a

time-

depe

nden

t rad

iatio

n fie

ld

(the

“driv

e”) t

hat i

s ver

y si

mila

r to

wha

t’s se

en b

y a

sphe

ricca

psul

e in

the

cent

er

of a

hoh

lraum

.

Whe

n w

e se

e th

e sp

ectro

scop

ic si

gnat

ure

of th

e ch

lorin

e in

the

trace

r, w

e kn

ow th

e ra

diat

ion

wav

e ha

s re

ache

d it.

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Expe

rimen

tal S

et-u

pIn

clud

ing

sche

mat

ics o

f dia

gnos

tic li

nes-

of-s

ight

Not

e: o

nly

one

(blu

e) b

eam

into

the

halfr

aum

is sh

own

here

,for s

impl

icity

. All

shot

s wer

e ca

rrie

d ou

t with

15

beam

s.

Dia

gnos

tics

The

DA

NTE

cam

era

mon

itors

th

e tim

e-de

pend

ent r

adia

tion

field

insi

de th

e ha

lfrau

m(lo

okin

g in

thro

ugh

the

lase

r en

tranc

e ho

le).

The

spec

trom

eter

look

s for

abso

rptio

nsi

gnal

s fro

m th

e ch

lorin

e tra

cer i

n th

e ab

lato

r pa

ckag

e.

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TVS-

X v

iew

Expe

rimen

tal C

onfig

urat

ion

LEH

faci

ng P

-7 (L

XS

in P

-6)

Gol

d H

alfr

aum

s: L

=120

0µ, R

=800

µw

ashe

r/ape

rture

Bi/P

bba

cklig

herf

oil

Pb-d

oped

pla

stic

m

ount

posi

tioni

ng w

ires

stal

k

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TVS-

Y v

iew

TVS-

X v

iew

of p

lain

foil

Witn

ess p

late

s wer

e m

ount

ed o

n th

e en

ds o

f hal

frau

ms;

ba

cklig

hter

foils

hun

g ~1

.5m

m fr

om L

EH

Page 28: cohen vanderbilt physicstalk - Swarthmore College

Mod

elin

g

1.V

iew

fact

or m

odel

ing

of h

ohlra

umdr

ive,

co

nstra

ined

by

DA

NTE

(and

usi

ng m

easu

red

beam

pro

files

as i

nput

)

2.H

ydro

dyna

mic

cal

cula

tions

for t

ime-

depe

nden

t w

itnes

s pla

te p

rope

rties

(1-D

Lag

rang

ian;

DC

A

and

UTA

ato

mic

and

EO

S m

odel

s; sh

ort

char

acte

ristic

s mul

ti-gr

oup

radi

atio

n tra

nspo

rt)

3.C

RE

post

-pro

cess

ing

for s

pect

ral s

ynth

esis

We

use

code

s writ

ten

by Jo

e M

acFa

rlane

at P

rism

Com

puta

tiona

l Sci

ence

s as w

ell a

s som

e pu

blic

ly a

vaila

ble

code

s writ

ten

at th

e U

. Wis

cons

in F

usio

n Te

chno

logy

Inst

itute

.

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VisR

adV

iew

fact

or M

odel

ing

Not

e: n

ot a

ll be

ams a

re sh

own.

•15

cone

2 a

nd c

one

3 be

ams i

nto

the

halfr

aum

•1 n

s squ

are

puls

e

•3 b

eam

s ont

o th

e ba

cklig

hter

foil;

als

o 1

ns sq

uare

, but

stag

gere

d in

tim

e fo

r mor

e ev

en

back

light

er so

urce

.

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Con

stra

inin

g th

e vi

ewfa

ctor

mod

elin

g

Rad

iatio

n flu

x m

onito

red

on e

lem

ent

at D

AN

TE p

ositi

on

•Bea

m p

ower

s and

po

intin

gsar

e kn

own

•Tem

pera

ture

dep

ende

nt

albe

dois

mod

eled

(s

epar

atel

y)

•X-r

ay c

onve

rsio

n ef

ficie

ncy

(of l

aser

s) is

a

free

par

amet

er

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Shot

#26

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Onc

e th

e ho

hlra

umra

diat

ion

field

is m

odel

ed: H

ydro

si

mul

atio

ns o

f the

abl

ator

sam

ple

Not

e: in

Ge-

dope

dsa

mpl

e, th

e pe

aks a

re n

arro

wer

--sh

ock

wav

e an

d ra

diat

ion

wav

e m

ove

slow

er

Ele

ctro

n T

empe

ratu

re

InitialDepth(cm)

kTe(eV)

0.00

10.

002

020406080100

120

140

160

180

200

meshpt.=101time=

0.40(nsec.)

meshpt.=101time=

0.80(nsec.)

meshpt.=101time=

1.20(nsec.)

meshpt.=101time=

1.60(nsec.)

meshpt.=101time=

2.00(nsec.)

BU

CKY

Sim

ulat

ion

Und

oped

,Tr(p

eak)

=175

eV

InitialDepth(cm)

kTe(eV)0.

001

0.00

2020406080100

120

140

160

180

200

meshpt.=101time=

0.40(nsec.)

meshpt.=101time=

0.80(nsec.)

meshpt.=101time=

1.20(nsec.)

meshpt.=101time=

1.60(nsec.)

meshpt.=101time=

2.00(nsec.)

BU

CKY

Sim

ulat

ion

Dop

ed,T

r(p

eak)

=175

eV

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Sam

e si

mul

atio

ns: R

adia

tion

Tem

pera

ture

Slow

er ra

diat

ion

wav

e ve

loci

ty in

the

dope

d sa

mpl

e

InitialDepth(cm)

kTr(eV)

0.00

10.

002

020406080100

120

140

160

180

200

meshpt.=101time=

0.40(nsec.)

meshpt.=101time=

0.80(nsec.)

meshpt.=101time=

1.20(nsec.)

meshpt.=101time=

1.60(nsec.)

meshpt.=101time=

2.00(nsec.)

BU

CK

YSi

mul

atio

nU

ndop

ed,T

r(p

eak)

=175

eV

InitialDepth(cm)

kTr(eV)0.

001

0.00

2020406080100

120

140

160

180

200

meshpt.=101time=

0.40(nsec.)

meshpt.=101time=

0.80(nsec.)

meshpt.=101time=

1.20(nsec.)

meshpt.=101time=

1.60(nsec.)

meshpt.=101time=

2.00(nsec.)

BU

CK

YSi

mul

atio

nD

oped

,Tr(p

eak)

=175

eV

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4.40

4.45

4.50

4.55

4.60

4.65

4.70

4.75

4.80

0123456

He

L

i

Be

B

C

N

O

F

Non

-Pla

ncki

an In

cide

nt F

lux

; M

odel

ηx

0.2

ns

0.4

ns

0.6

ns

0.8

ns

1.0

ns

Intensity (arb. units)W

avel

engt

h (A

)

Spec

tral s

ynth

esis

: pos

t-pro

cess

ing

of h

ydro

resu

lts

(und

oped

sam

ple)

Not

e: S

houl

dn’t

see

Be-

like

until

~0.

6 ns

.

Dat

a ar

e ac

quire

d w

ith a

fast

stre

ak c

amer

a an

d sp

ectro

grap

h

Page 35: cohen vanderbilt physicstalk - Swarthmore College

In th

ese

figur

es w

e’re

focu

sing

in o

n th

e tim

es w

hen

the

trace

r sig

nals

turn

on.

Th

ere’

s a d

elay

of b

etw

een

100

and

200

ps in

the

appe

aran

ce o

f Kα

abso

rptio

n si

gnal

s on

the

dope

d an

d un

dope

dsi

des.

Not

e th

at y

ou c

an a

lso

see

the

ioni

zatio

n ba

lanc

e m

ovin

g to

war

d hi

gher

stag

es (B

e →

Li →

He)

as t

ime

goes

on.

Und

oped

Dop

ed w

ith 1

.5 %

Ger

man

ium

Fina

lly -

the

data

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"Tur

n-on

" tim

e vs

. T_r

(p

eak)

0.40

0.50

0.60

0.70

0.80

0.90

1.00

1.10

1.20

1.30

150.

017

0.0

190.

0T_

r (pe

ak) (

eV)

Time (ns)

4.5

µm

"Tur

n-on

" tim

e vs

. T_r

(p

eak)

0.40

0.50

0.60

0.70

0.80

0.90

1.00

1.10

1.20

1.30

150.

017

0.0

190.

0T_

r (pe

ak) (

eV)

Time (ns)

6.5

µm

"Tur

n-on

" tim

e vs

. T_r

(p

eak)

0.40

0.50

0.60

0.70

0.80

0.90

1.00

1.10

1.20

1.30

150.

017

0.0

190.

0T_

r (pe

ak) (

eV)

Time (ns)

8.5

µm

Cal

cula

ted

trac

er tu

rn-o

n tim

e vs

. dri

ve te

mpe

ratu

re

trace

r dep

thre

d=do

ped;

blu

e=un

dope

d

from

dat

a

Page 37: cohen vanderbilt physicstalk - Swarthmore College

Qui

ck L

ook

at M

ain

Res

ult

Shot

#26

: und

oped

Shot

#28

: dop

ed

Som

e ab

sorp

tion

sign

al, a

ppar

ently

, on

a no

isy

cont

inuu

m:

Turn

s on

late

r in

the

dope

d sa

mpl

e (a

nd tr

acer

was

eve

n sh

allo

wer

in

this

sam

ple)

; See

pro

gres

sion

thro

ugh

ioni

zatio

n st

ates

.

But--

in b

oth

case

s--e

arlie

r tur

n-on

than

mod

els p

redi

ct

Page 38: cohen vanderbilt physicstalk - Swarthmore College

CO

NC

LUSI

ON

S

Bac

klit-

abso

rptio

n sp

ectro

scop

y of

a sm

all s

ampl

e in

an

envi

ronm

ent c

onta

inin

g st

rong

radi

atio

n an

d ho

t pla

sma

is

diff

icul

t

In b

oth

type

s of t

arge

ts, t

he si

gnal

turn

-on

time

was

ear

lier (

by

fact

or ~

2) th

an e

xpec

ted,

and

low

er io

niza

tion

stag

es w

ere

not

seen

).

But

, sig

nal t

urne

d on

soon

er in

und

oped

sam

ple

than

in d

oped

sa

mpl

e.

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Talk

Out

line

1.Fa

cilit

ies a

nd c

apab

ilitie

s

2.In

ertia

l Con

finem

ent F

usio

n (I

CF)

3.O

MEG

A e

xper

imen

ts: X

-ray

spec

tral d

iagn

ostic

s of I

CF

mat

eria

ls

4.L

abor

ator

y as

trop

hysi

cs

5.C

reat

ing

an X

-ray

pho

toio

nize

dne

bula

in th

e la

bora

tory

Page 40: cohen vanderbilt physicstalk - Swarthmore College

Labo

rato

ry A

stro

phys

ics

Ast

roph

ysic

s is t

radi

tiona

lly n

otan

exp

erim

enta

l sci

ence

, but

m

ater

ials

and

pro

cess

es th

at a

re re

leva

nt to

ast

roph

ysic

s can

be

pro

duce

d an

d st

udie

d in

the

lab:

Hyd

rody

nam

ics a

nd sh

ock

phys

ics

EOS

Mat

eria

ls -

dust

; PA

Hs

Ato

mic

phy

sics

and

radi

atio

n tra

nspo

rt

Mag

netic

reco

nnec

tion

>> C

ode

valid

atio

n

But

pro

blem

of s

cale

: tra

de-o

ffs a

mon

g de

nsity

, siz

e, c

olum

n de

nsity

/opt

ical

dep

th

Page 41: cohen vanderbilt physicstalk - Swarthmore College

Talk

Out

line

1.Fa

cilit

ies a

nd c

apab

ilitie

s

2.In

ertia

l Con

finem

ent F

usio

n (I

CF)

3.O

MEG

A e

xper

imen

ts: X

-ray

spec

tral d

iagn

ostic

s of I

CF

mat

eria

ls

4.La

bora

tory

ast

roph

ysic

s

5.C

reat

ing

an X

-ray

pho

toio

nize

dne

bula

in th

e la

bora

tory

Page 42: cohen vanderbilt physicstalk - Swarthmore College

Cre

atin

g an

X-r

ay p

hoto

ioni

zed

nebu

la

in th

e la

bora

tory

Acc

retio

n on

to c

ompa

ct o

bjec

ts le

ads t

o ph

otoi

oniz

atio

n-do

min

ated

X-r

ay sp

ectr

a

The

circ

umst

ella

rgas

nea

r the

sour

ce o

f har

d x-

rays

is

high

ly io

nize

d--o

verio

nize

dfo

r its

tem

pera

ture

com

pare

d to

cor

onal

equ

ilibr

ium

--an

d pr

oduc

es a

n x-

ray

spec

trum

do

min

ated

by

radi

ativ

ere

com

bina

tion

cont

inua

and

re

com

bina

tion

casc

ades

.

Arti

st’s

con

cept

ion

of a

n ac

cret

ion-

pow

ered

X-r

ay b

inar

y.

A n

ew g

ener

atio

n of

X-

ray

tele

scop

es (C

hand

ra

pict

ured

her

e) is

pr

oduc

ing

high

-re

solu

tion

X-r

ay sp

ectra

fo

r the

firs

t tim

e.

Page 43: cohen vanderbilt physicstalk - Swarthmore College

The

cond

ition

s in

the

plas

ma

in p

roxi

mity

to th

e co

mpa

ct

obje

ct a

re t

radi

tiona

lly d

escr

ibed

by

the

ioni

zatio

n pa

ram

eter

(flu

x/de

nsity

), w

hich

is a

mea

sure

of t

he

dom

inan

ce o

f rad

iatio

n pr

oces

ses o

ver c

ollis

iona

lpr

oces

ses.

Con

tour

s of c

onst

ant i

oniz

atio

n pa

ram

eter

(lo

garit

hmic

, in

cgsu

nits

) are

show

n fo

r the

HM

XR

B

Vel

a X

-1 (a

bove

, rig

ht; F

igur

e fr

om S

ako

et a

l. A

p.J.,

52

5, 9

21 (1

999)

).

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Mot

ivat

ion

With

the

adve

nt o

f hig

h-re

solu

tion

(λ/∆

λ~

1000

) x-r

ay

spec

trosc

opy

in th

e la

st se

vera

l yea

rs, a

wea

lth o

f sp

ectro

scop

ic d

ata

for p

hoto

ioni

zed

sour

ces h

as b

een

gene

rate

d, a

nd th

e le

vel o

f det

ail a

nd a

ccur

acy

dem

ande

d of

m

odel

s has

incr

ease

d dr

amat

ical

ly.

By

prod

ucin

g an

d m

easu

ring

a w

ell-c

hara

cter

ized

x-r

ay

phot

oion

ized

plas

ma

in th

e la

bora

tory

, we

hope

to

benc

hmar

k th

e co

des u

sed

to m

odel

x-r

ay sp

ectra

of a

ctiv

e ga

lact

ic n

ucle

i, x-

ray

bina

ries,

and

othe

r ast

roph

ysic

al

sour

ces f

or w

hich

pho

toio

niza

tion

dom

inat

es c

ollis

iona

lio

niza

tion.

Page 45: cohen vanderbilt physicstalk - Swarthmore College

Cal

cula

tion

of ir

on e

mis

sion

spec

trum

for a

pho

toio

nize

dpl

asm

a (le

ft) a

nd a

col

lisio

nalp

lasm

a (r

ight

). T

houg

h th

e io

niza

tion

dist

ribut

ion

is th

e sa

me

in b

oth

mod

els,

the

spec

tra a

re q

uite

di

ffer

ent (

and

the

phot

oion

ized

plas

ma

is m

uch

cold

er).

(Fig

ure

take

n fr

om L

ieda

hlet

al.

Ap.

J., 3

50, L

37 (1

990)

.)

Plas

mas

dom

inat

ed b

y co

llisi

ons a

nd th

ose

dom

inat

ed b

y ph

otoi

oniz

atio

nha

ve v

ery

diff

eren

t spe

ctra

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The

expe

rimen

tal p

acka

ge c

onsi

sts o

f a

cm-s

cale

neo

n-fil

led

cell

with

myl

arw

indo

ws,

mou

nted

seve

ral c

m fr

om th

e Z-

mac

hine

’s c

urre

nt re

turn

can

, ins

ide

of

whi

ch is

the

pinc

h its

elf.

Ulti

mat

ely,

we

plan

on

mak

ing

sim

ulta

neou

s, tim

e-re

solv

ed a

bsor

ptio

n an

d em

issi

on sp

ectro

scop

ic

mea

sure

men

ts o

f the

gas

cel

l, w

hich

can

be

fille

d w

ith a

var

iety

of g

ases

, in

clud

ing

mix

ture

s. Th

e ab

sorp

tion

spec

trosc

opy

uses

the

pinc

h its

elf a

s a

back

light

er.

Expe

rimen

ts a

lread

y co

mpl

eted

hav

e us

ed 3

0 To

rrne

on (n

ion

~ 10

18cm

-3)

obse

rved

in a

bsor

ptio

n w

ith a

tim

e-in

tegr

ated

spec

trom

eter

.

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Expe

rimen

tal s

et-u

p

Page 48: cohen vanderbilt physicstalk - Swarthmore College

Vie

wfa

ctor

sim

ulat

ions

of t

he p

inch

and

targ

et a

re u

sed

to

calc

ulat

e th

e in

cide

nt sp

ectru

m o

n th

e ga

s cel

l, an

d al

so to

in

vest

igat

e th

e sp

atia

l uni

form

ity o

f the

irra

dian

ce o

n th

e ce

ll.

gas

cell

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Tem

pera

ture

(lef

t) an

d de

nsity

(rig

ht) a

t fou

r diff

eren

t tim

es in

the

sim

ulat

ion

of o

ur e

xper

imen

ts.

The

radi

atio

n is

inci

dent

from

the

left.

The

in

itial

neo

n ga

s den

sity

is 1

018cm

-3.

Not

e th

e sh

ock

wav

es la

unch

ed fr

om

the

myl

arw

alls

at l

ate

times

. N

ote

also

the

radi

atio

n w

ave

(as e

vide

nced

by

the

tem

pera

ture

gra

dien

t) tra

vers

ing

the

gas a

t t=1

00 n

s.

Hyd

ro si

mul

atio

ns o

f the

gas

cel

l

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A se

ctio

n of

our

raw

dat

a (a

bove

). N

ote

the

very

hi

gh p

rinci

ple

quan

tum

num

ber l

ines

of H

e-lik

e ne

on.

Bac

klit

abso

rptio

n sp

ectru

m (t

ime

inte

grat

ed)

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The

time-

inte

grat

ed

abso

rptio

n sp

ectru

m

from

our

firs

t rou

nd

of sh

ots (

top)

are

w

ell-m

atch

ed b

y ou

r ca

lcul

atio

ns (b

otto

m).

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A sp

ectra

l sim

ulat

ion

of n

eon,

bas

ed o

n a

repr

esen

tativ

e hy

dro

calc

ulat

ion.

Th

e in

trins

ic sp

ectru

m (l

eft)

show

s num

erou

s lin

es o

f B-li

ke th

roug

h H

-like

ne

on, a

s wel

l as a

reco

mbi

natio

n ed

ge (n

ear 1

200

eV) a

nd re

com

bina

tion

and

free

-fre

e co

ntin

ua.

At 2

eV

(cen

ter)

and

5 e

V(r

ight

) spe

ctra

l res

olut

ion,

m

any

of th

e fe

atur

es a

re b

lend

ed.

The

2 eV

reso

lutio

n sp

ectru

m is

pro

babl

y go

od e

noug

h to

qua

ntita

tivel

y te

st a

tom

ic/s

pect

ral m

odel

s, w

here

as a

lot o

f in

form

atio

n is

lost

at a

reso

lutio

n of

5 e

V.

In th

e ne

xt ro

und

of e

xper

imen

ts, w

e’ll

also

mea

sure

em

issi

on sp

ectra

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•Abs

orpt

ion

spec

tra c

an b

e m

easu

red

in th

is c

onfig

urat

ion;

•Ion

izat

ion

para

met

ers o

f ~10

0 sh

ould

be

achi

evab

le a

t n i

on~1

017cm

-3;

•Mea

sure

men

t of r

ecom

bina

tion

spec

tra a

nd a

ccur

ate

wav

elen

gths

of i

nner

-she

ll tra

nsiti

ons s

houl

d be

pos

sibl

e in

th

e ne

xt ro

und

of e

xper

imen

ts.

Prel

imin

ary

Con

clus

ions

for G

as

Cel

l Exp

erim

ents

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Con

clus

ions

-Big

nat

iona

l lab

faci

litie

s pro

vide

uni

que

capa

bilit

ies f

or p

lasm

a ph

ysic

s, fu

sion

, and

ast

roph

ysic

s res

earc

h; a

nd a

re a

vaila

ble

toth

e w

ider

(uni

vers

ity) c

omm

unity

-X-r

ay sp

ectro

scop

y ca

n be

use

d to

eff

ectiv

ely

diag

nose

com

plex

, tim

e-va

riabl

e pl

asm

a pr

oper

ties

-But

sign

ifica

nt m

odel

ing

mus

t be

perf

orm

ed in

ord

er to

pro

perly

inte

rpre

t the

se d

ata

(and

des

ign

the

expe

rimen

ts)

-Ast

roph

ysic

ally

mea

ning

ful r

esul

ts c

an b

e ob

tain

ed in

the

labo

rato

ry, b

ut c

are

mus

t be

take

n

-Mak

ing

cont

rolle

d fu

sion

hap

pen

is g

oing

to b

e ve

ry, v

ery

diff

icul

t