Search Results - "Wurden, G. A."

Bright laser-driven neutron source based on the relativistic transparency of solids by Roth, M, Jung, D, Falk, K, Guler, N, Deppert, O, Devlin, M, Favalli, A, Fernandez, J, Gautier, D, Geissel, M, Haight, R, Hamilton, C E, Hegelich, B M, Johnson, R P, Merrill, F, Schaumann, G, Schoenberg, K, Schollmeier, M, Shimada, T, Taddeucci, T, Tybo, J L, Wagner, F, Wender, S A, Wilde, C H, Wurden, G A

“…Neutrons are unique particles to probe samples in many fields of research ranging from biology to material sciences to engineering and security applications…”
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Elevated Electron Temperature Coincident with Observed Fusion Reactions in a Sheared-Flow-Stabilized Z Pinch by Levitt, B, Goyon, C, Banasek, J T, Bott-Suzuki, S C, Liekhus-Schmaltz, C, Meier, E T, Morton, L A, Taylor, A, Young, W C, Nelson, B A, Sutherland, D A, Quinley, M, Stepanov, A D, Barhydt, J R, Tsai, P, Morgan, K D, van Rossum, N, Hossack, A C, Weber, T R, McGehee, W A, Nguyen, P, Shah, A, Kiddy, S, Van Patten, M, Youmans, A E, Higginson, D P, McLean, H S, Wurden, G A, Shumlak, U

“…The sheared-flow-stabilized Z pinch concept has been studied extensively and is able to produce fusion-relevant plasma parameters along with neutron production…”
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Radial localization of electron temperature pedestal and ELM-like events using ECE measurements at Wendelstein 7-X by Chaudhary, N., Hirsch, M., Andreeva, T., Geiger, J., Hoefel, U., Rahbarnia, K., Wurden, G. A., Wolf, R. C.

“…A magnetic configuration scan was performed at Wendelstein 7-X stellarator by varying the rotational transform to analyze the plasma confinement for magnetic…”
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Erratum to: Radial localization of electron temperature pedestal and ELM-like events using ECE measurements at Wendelstein 7-X by Chaudhary, N., Hirsch, M., Andreeva, T., Geiger, J., Hoefel, U., Rahbarnia, K., Wurden, G. A., Wolf, R. C.

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Magneto-Inertial Fusion by Wurden, G. A., Hsu, S. C., Intrator, T. P., Grabowski, T. C., Degnan, J. H., Domonkos, M., Turchi, P. J., Campbell, E. M., Sinars, D. B., Herrmann, M. C., Betti, R., Bauer, B. S., Lindemuth, I. R., Siemon, R. E., Miller, R. L., Laberge, M., Delage, M.

“…In this community white paper, we describe an approach to achieving fusion which employs a hybrid of elements from the traditional magnetic and inertial fusion…”
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Overview of the plasma-surface interaction on limiter surfaces in the startup campaign of Wendelstein 7-X by Winters, V R, Brezinsek, S, Effenberg, F, Rasinski, M, Schmitz, O, Stephey, L, Biedermann, C, Dhard, C P, Frerichs, H, Harris, J, Krychowiak, M, König, R, Pedersen, T Sunn, Wurden, G A

“…The first operational campaign of Wendelstein 7-X (W7-X) provided an excellent environment for the study of plasma-surface interaction (PSI) in a stellarator…”
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Estimation of 14 MeV neutron rate from triton burn‐up in future W7‐X deuterium plasma campaigns by Koschinsky, J.P., Äkäslompolo, S., Biedermann, C., Bozhenkov, S.A., Isobe, M., Kontula, J., Ogawa, K., Schneider, W., Warmer, F., Wurden, G.A., Wolf, R.C.

“…Fast ion confinement is of major importance for the ignition of a burning fusion plasma. In future deuterium plasma campaigns of the Wendelstein 7‐X…”
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Field Reversed Configuration Translation and the Magnetized Target Fusion Collaboration by Intrator, T. P., Wurden, G. A., Sieck, P. E., Waganaar, W. J., Dorf, L., Kostora, M., Cortez, R. J., Degnan, J. H., Ruden, E. L., Domonkos, M., Adamson, P., Grabowski, C., Gale, D. G., Kostora, M., Sommars, W., Frese, M., Frese, S., Camacho, J. F., Parks, P., Siemon, R. E., Awe, T., Lynn, A. G., Gribble, R.

“…After considerable design and construction, we describe the status of a physics exploration of magnetized target fusion (MTF) that will be carried out with the…”
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Upgrades of edge, divertor and scrape-off layer diagnostics of W7‐X for OP1.2 by Hathiramani, D., Ali, A., Anda, G., Barbui, T., Biedermann, C., Charl, A., Chauvin, D., Czymek, G., Dhard, C.P., Drewelow, P., Dudek, A., Effenberg, F., Ehrke, G., Endler, M., Ennis, D.A., Fellinger, J., Ford, O., Freundt, S., Gradic, D., Grosser, K., Harris, J., Hölbe, H., Jakubowski, M.W., Knaup, M., Kocsis, G., König, R., Krause, M., Kremeyer, T., Kornejew, P., Krychowiak, M., Lambertz, H.T., Jenzsch, H., Mayer, M., Mohr, S., Neubauer, O., Otte, M., Perseo, V., Pilopp, D., Rudischhauser, L., Schmitz, O., Schweer, B., Schülke, M., Stephey, L., Szepesi, T., Terra, A., Toth, M., Wenzel, U., Wurden, G.A., Zoletnik, S., Pedersen, T. Sunn

“…•Summarizes the set of edge, divertor and scrape-off layer diagnostics of W7‐X during operation phase with uncooled divertor.•Indicates all performed upgrades…”
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Correction to: A New Vision for Fusion Energy Research: Fusion Rocket Engines for Planetary Defense by Wurden, G. A., Weber, T. E., Turchi, P. J., Parks, P. B., Evans, T. E., Cohen, S. A., Cassibry, J. T., Campbell, E. M.

“…The sentence, “It was named C/2013 A1 (at 56 km/s, 0.7 km in diameter, weighing 3 × 10 8 metric Tons, it had 4 billion megatons of kinetic energy ).” should…”
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Physics Basis and Progress for a Translating FRC for MTF by Intrator, T. P., Wurden, G. A., Sieck, P. E., Waganaar, W. J., Renneke, R., Dorf, L., Kostora, M., Hsu, S. C., Lynn, A. G., Gilmore, M., Siemon, R. E., Awe, T., Degnan, J., Grabowski, C., Ruden, E. L.

“…We describe a physics scaling model used to design the high density field reversed configuration (FRC) at LANL that will translate into a mirror bounded…”
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A New Vision for Fusion Energy Research: Fusion Rocket Engines for Planetary Defense by Wurden, G. A., Weber, T. E., Turchi, P. J., Parks, P. B., Evans, T. E., Cohen, S. A., Cassibry, J. T., Campbell, E. M.

“…We argue that it is essential for the fusion energy program to identify an imagination-capturing critical mission by developing a unique product which could…”
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Experimental demonstration of plasma-drag acceleration of a dust cloud to hypervelocities by Ticoş, C M, Wang, Zhehui, Wurden, G A, Kline, J L, Montgomery, D S, Dorf, L A, Shukla, P K

“…Simultaneous acceleration of hundreds of dust particles to hypervelocities by collimated plasma flows ejected from a coaxial gun is demonstrated. Graphite and…”
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Free-Floating Atmospheric Pressure Ball Plasmas by v. Wurden, Caroline J., Wurden, G. A.

“…Ball plasmas were created in a laboratory, using an electric arc discharge (4-250 A at up to 5 kV) from points of metal onto a water surface. The rising…”
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Observation of the Evolution of Supersonic Plasma Jet Launched by a Coaxial Gun by Ticos, C. M., Zhehui Wang, Wurden, G. A.

“…Images of plasma jets launched in vacuum from a coaxial plasma accelerator are presented. The turbulent plasma jet which includes a multitude of filaments…”
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Increasing performance of the FRCHX plasma injector system by Grabowski, C., Degnan, J. H., Domonkos, M., Ruden, E. L., Wurden, G. A.

“…Summary form only given. The Field-Reversed Configuration Heating Experiment (FRCHX) is an experiment developed in collaboration between the Air Force Research…”
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Confinement and stability of plasmas in a field-reversed configuration by SLOUGH, J. T, HOFFMAN, AL, MILROY, R. D, CRAWFORD, E. A, CECIK, M, MAQUEDA, R, WURDEN, G. A, ITO, Y, SHIOKAWA, A

“…Experiments have been conducted on the LSX device where plasmas confined in a field-reversed magnetic geometry have exhibited record energy, particle, and…”
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Plasma tails: Comets Hale-Bopp and Hyakutake by Wurden, G.A., Wurden, A.J., Gladstone, I.M.

“…Comet Hale-Bopp was one of the largest comets ever recorded, and it exhibited both a massive dust tail and a plasma tail, which developed as it approached the…”
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High-speed plasma imaging: a lightning bolt by Wurden, G.A., Whiteson, D.O.

“…Using a gated intensified digital Kodak Ektapro camera system, we captured a lightning bolt at 1000 frames per second, with 100-/spl mu/s exposure time on each…”
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Efficient ion heating via finite-larmor-radius ion-cyclotron waves in a plasma by ONO, M, WURDEN, G. A, WONG, K. L

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