Engineering topics
Maurer, Andrew
Publications and source records attributed to Maurer, Andrew.
Calibration of a compact recoil spectrometer for experiments on Z.
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Investigating the energy balance in MagLIF preheat experiments.
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Developing an extended convolute post to drive an X-pinch for radiography at the Z facility.
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Increased preheat energy to MagLIF targets with cryogenic cooling.
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A time-resolved, in-chamber x-ray pinhole imager for Z
We have commissioned a new time-resolved, x-ray imaging diagnostic for the Z facility. The primary intended application is for diagnosing the stagnation behavior of Magnetized Liner Inertial Fusion (MagLIF) and similar targets. We have a variety of imaging systems at Z, both time-integrated and time-resolved, that provide valuable x-ray imaging information, but no system at Z up to this time provides a combined high-resolution imaging with multi-frame time resolution; this new diagnostic, called TRICXI for Time Resolved In-Chamber X-ray Imager, is meant to provide time-resolved spatial imaging with high resolution. The multi-frame camera consists of a microchannel plate camera. A key component to achieving the design goals is to place the instrument inside the Z vacuum chamber within 2 m of the load, which necessitates a considerable amount of x-ray shielding as well as a specially designed, independent vacuum system. Here, a demonstration of the imaging capability for a series of MagLIF shots is presented. Predictions are given for resolution and relative image irradiance to guide experimenters in choosing the desired configuration for their experiments.
Upgrading Wolter Imagers for X-Ray Diagnostics in the Z Pulsed-Power Facility at Sandia National Laboratories.
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Narrowband Self-Emission X-ray Imaging of MagLIF Targets on Z.
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High-resolution imaging of warm x-ray sources with a Wolter optic on the Z Machine.
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