Plasma kinetics, pre-heat and the emergence of strong shocks in laser fusion

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Research output per year 2017 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023

• 20 Article
• 2 Comment/debate
• 1 Review article

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• 2023

  Characterization of hot electrons generated by laser-plasma interaction at shock ignition intensities

  Filippov, E. D., Khan, M., Tentori, A., Gajdos, P., Martynenko, A. S., Dudzak, R., Koester, P., Zeraouli, G., Mancelli, D., Baffigi, F., Gizzi, L. A., Pikuz, S. A., Nicolaï, P. D., Woolsey, N. C., Fedosejevs, R., Krus, M., Juha, L., Batani, D., Renner, O. & Cristoforetti, G., 1 Nov 2023, In: Matter and Radiation at Extremes. 8, 6, 16 p., 065602.

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• Investigation on the origin of hot electrons in laser plasma interaction at shock ignition intensities

  Cristoforetti, G., Baffigi, F., Batani, D., Dudzak, R., Fedosejevs, R., Filippov, E. D., Gajdos, P., Juha, L., Khan, M., Koester, P., Krus, M., Mancelli, D., Martynenko, A. S., Nicolai, P., Pikuz, S. A., Renner, O., Tentori, A., Volpe, L., Woolsey, N., Zeraouli, G., & 1 othersGizzi, L. A., 24 Nov 2023, In: Scientific reports. 13, 1, 20681.

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• 2022

  Cylindrical implosion platform for the study of highly magnetized plasmas at Laser MegaJoule

  Pérez-Callejo, G., Vlachos, C., Walsh, C. A., Florido, R., Bailly-Grandvaux, M., Vaisseau, X., Suzuki-Vidal, F., McGuffey, C., Beg, F. N., Bradford, P., Ospina-Bohórquez, V., Batani, D., Raffestin, D., Colaïtis, A., Tikhonchuk, V., Casner, A., Koenig, M., Albertazzi, B., Fedosejevs, R., Woolsey, N., & 10 othersEhret, M., Debayle, A., Loiseau, P., Calisti, A., Ferri, S., Honrubia, J., Kingham, R., Mancini, R. C., Gigosos, M. A. & Santos, J. J., 19 Sept 2022, In: Physical Review E. 106, 3, 15 p., 035206.

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• PhaseX: an X-ray phase-contrast imaging simulation code for matter under extreme conditions

  Barbato, F., Atzeni, S., Batani, D. & Antonelli, L., 18 Jan 2022, In: Optics Express. 30, 3, p. 3388-3403 16 p.

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• Role of hot electrons in shock ignition constrained by experiment at the National Ignition Facility

  Barlow, D., Goffrey, T., Bennett, K., Scott, R. H. H., Glize, K., Theobald, W., Anderson, K., Solodov, A. A., Rosenberg, M. J., Hohenberger, M., Woolsey, N. C., Bradford, P., Khan, M. & Arber, T. D., 23 Aug 2022, In: Physics of Plasmas. 29, 8, 082704.

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• Shock-Augmented Ignition Approach to Laser Inertial Fusion

  Barlow, D., Trickey, W., Ruocco, A., Glize, K., Antonelli, L., Khan, M. & Woolsey, N. C., 4 Nov 2022, In: Physical Review Letters. 129, 19, 6 p., 195001.

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• 2021

  Experimental characterization of hot-electron emission and shock dynamics in the context of the shock ignition approach to inertial confinement fusion

  Tentori, A., Colaitis, A., Theobald, W., Casner, A., Raffestin, D., Ruocco, A., Trela, J., Le Bel, E., Anderson, K., Wei, M., Henderson, B., Peebles, J., Scott, R., Baton, S., Pikuz, S. A., Betti, R., Khan, M., Woolsey, N., Zhang, S. & Batani, D., 12 Oct 2021, In: Physics of Plasmas. 28, 10, 103302.

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• Measuring magnetic fields in laser-driven coils with dual-axis proton deflectometry

  Bradford, P., Dearling, A., Ehret, M., Antonelli, L., Booth, N., Carroll, D. C., Clarke, R. J., Glize, K., Heathcote, R., Khan, M., Moody, J. D., Pikuz, S., Pollock, B. B., Read, M. P., Ryazantsev, S., Spindloe, C., Ridgers, C. P., Santos, J. J., Tikhonchuk, V. T. & Woolsey, N. C., Aug 2021, In: Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion. 63, 8, 13 p., 084008.

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• Observation and modelling of stimulated Raman scattering driven by an optically smoothed laser beam in experimental conditions relevant for shock ignition

  Cristoforetti, G., Hüller, S., Koester, P., Antonelli, L., Atzeni, S., Baffigi, F., Batani, D., Baird, C., Booth, N., Galimberti, M., Glize, K., Héron, A., Khan, M., Loiseau, P., Mancelli, D., Notley, M., Oliveira, P., Renner, O., Smid, M., Schiavi, A., & 3 othersTran, G., Woolsey, N. C. & Gizzi, L. A., 18 Oct 2021, In: High Power Laser Science and Engineering. 9, e60.

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• Proton radiography in background magnetic fields

  Arran, C., Ridgers, C. P. & Woolsey, N. C., 1 Jul 2021, In: Matter and Radiation at Extremes. 6, 4, 7 p., 046904.

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• Shock Ignition Laser-Plasma Interactions in Ignition-Scale Plasmas

  Scott, R. H. H., Glize, K., Antonelli, L., Khan, M., Theobald, W., Wei, M., Betti, R., Stoeckl, C., Seaton, A. G., Arber, T. D., Barlow, D., Goffrey, T., Bennett, K., Garbett, W., Atzeni, S., Casner, A., Batani, D., Li, C. & Woolsey, N., 6 Aug 2021, In: Physical Review Letters. 127, 6, 6 p., 065001.

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• 2020

  Effect of plastic coating on the density of plasma formed in Si foil targets irradiated by ultra-high-contrast relativistic laser pulses

  Martynenko, A. S., Pikuz, S. A., Skobelev, I. Y., Ryazantsev, S. N., Baird, C., Booth, N., Doehl, L., Durey, P., Faenov, A. Y., Farley, D., Kodama, R., Lancaster, K., McKenna, P., Murphy, C. D., Spindloe, C., Pikuz, T. A. & Woolsey, N., 17 Apr 2020, In: Physical Review E. 101, 4, 043208.

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• Enhanced brightness of a laser-driven X-ray and particle source by microstructured surfaces of silicon targets

  Ebert, T., Neumann, N. W., Döhl, L. N. K., Jarrett, J., Baird, C., Heathcote, R., Hesse, M., Hughes, A., McKenna, P., Neely, D., Rusby, D., Schaumann, G., Spindloe, C., Tebartz, A., Woolsey, N. & Roth, M., 20 Apr 2020, In: Physics of Plasmas. 27, 4, 7 p., 043106.

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• Improved fast electron transport through the use of foam guides

  Alraddadi, R. A. B., Robinson, A. P. L. & Woolsey, N. C., 1 Sept 2020, In: Physics of Plasmas. 27, 7 p., 092701.

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• Proton deflectometry of a capacitor coil target along two axes

  Bradford, P., Read, M. P., Ehret, M., Antonelli, L., Khan, M., Booth, N., Glize, K., Carroll, D., Clarke, R. J., Heathcote, R., Ryazantsev, S., Pikuz, S., Spindloe, C., Moody, J. D., Pollock, B. B., Tikhonchuk, V. T., Ridgers, C. P., Santos, J. J. & Woolsey, N. C., 2 Apr 2020, In: High Power Laser Science and Engineering. 8, 9 p., e11.

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• 2019

  Field reconstruction from proton radiography of intense laser driven magnetic reconnection

  Palmer, C. A. J., Campbell, P. T., Ma, Y., Antonelli, L., Bott, A. F. A., Gregori, G., Halliday, J., Katzir, Y., Kordell, P., Krushelnick, K., Lebedev, S. V., Montgomery, E., Notley, M., Carroll, D. C., Ridgers, C. P., Schekochihin, A. A., Streeter, M. J. V., Thomas, A. G. R., Tubman, E. R., Woolsey, N., & 1 othersWillingale, L., Aug 2019, In: Physics of Plasmas. 26, 8, 083109.

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• Propagation-based imaging phase-contrast enhanced imaging setup for single shot acquisition using laser-generated X-ray sources

  Barbato, F., Batani, D., Mancelli, D., Trela, J., Zeraouli, G., Boutoux, G., Neumayer, P., Atzeni, S., Schiavi, A., Volpe, L., Bagnoud, V., Brabetz, C., Zielbauer, B., Bradford, P., Woolsey, N., Borm, B. & Antonelli, L., 15 Mar 2019, In: Journal of Instrumentation. 14, 3, C03005.

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• Quantitative phase contrast imaging of a shock-wave with a laser-plasma based X-ray source

  Barbato, F., Atzeni, S., Batani, D., Bleiner, D., Boutoux, G., Brabetz, C., Bradford, P., Mancelli, D., Neumayer, P., Schiavi, A., Trela, J., Volpe, L., Zeraouli, G., Woolsey, N. & Antonelli, L., 1 Dec 2019, In: Scientific Reports. 9, 18805.

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• X-ray phase-contrast imaging for laser-induced shock waves

  Antonelli, L., Barbato, F., Mancelli, D., Trela, J., Zeraouli, G., Boutoux, G., Neumayer, P., Atzeni, S., Schiavi, A., Volpe, L., Bagnoud, V., Brabetz, C., Zielbauer, B., Bradford, P., Woolsey, N., Borm, B. & Batani, D., 4 Mar 2019, In: EPL. 125, 3, 5 p., 35002.

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• 2017

  Simultaneous diagnosis of radial profiles and mix in NIF ignition-scale implosions via X-ray spectroscopy

  Ciricosta, O., Scott, H., Durey, P., Hammel, B. A., Epstein, R., Preston, T. R., Regan, S. P., Vinko, S. M., Woolsey, N. C. & Wark, J. S., 6 Nov 2017, In: Physics of Plasmas. 24, 11, p. 1-9 9 p., 112703.

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