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Welcome, Ignition and NIF Science
Ed Moses Director, NIF & Photon Science, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Presented to: 3rd International Zeta- Exawatt Science and Technology (IZEST) Meeting July 17, 2013
This work performed under the auspices of the U.S. Department of Energy under Contract DE-AC52-07NA27344
LLNL-PRES-641579
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Massively parallel computing is revolutionizing the way science and technology are accomplished
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NIF Missions
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New NIF animation 052209
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Shot History on NIF (Nov. 1, 2008 – June 4, 2013)*
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Type Specific Purpose Layer Cryo Warm Total Target shots – Program Data SSP – ICF** 48 193 18 259
(436 = 34%) SSP – HEDSS 2 32 111 145
Nat’l Security Applications 17 17
Fundamental Science 15 15 Target shots – Capabilities
Target Diagnostics Commissioning/Calibration
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(191 = 15%) Capability Development 5 5 System Qualification 2 43 45
Laser shots only
Optics Performance/Conditioning 156 156
(661 = 51%) Laser Performance 216 216 Laser Calibration 289 289
Total 50 230 1008 1288 * No ICCS or Faux shots counted ** Includes NIC and PDD shots
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NIF, 2009 4MJ IR
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We have improved quality of implosion 100X
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We have improved quality of implosion 100X
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Width of a human strand of hair
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Higher adiabat DT layered implosion performs closer to 1D
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New implosion designs have set record yields and approach 1D performance (shot N130628- “1D” campaign)
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New implosion designs have set record yields and approach 1D performance (shot N130628- “1D” campaign)
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Advanced Radiographic Capability (ARC)
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Impact NIF can have on fundamental science has been clearly identified, most recently in a 2012 Office of Science/NNSA report
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- 1 NIF Quad = 8 ARC split-beams - 8 independent targets - ~10 kJ of total energy - 0.75 to 50 ps pulse duration - 25 x 60 micron main speckle - 100-ns timing delay - ~5x1018W/cm2/split-beam @ 1ps
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AO System Amp Amp Amp
ARC front-end
accumulated phase aberrations
An AO system has been defined to enable intensity enhancement and beam phasing
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1.17 kJ, 10 ps; 2.0E18 W/cm2
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2.34 kJ, 10 ps; 8E18 W/cm2
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9.35 kJ, 10ps; 1.3E20 W/cm2
Disposable optics could enable F1 focusing system
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46.7 kJ, 10 ps; 3.3E21 W/cm2
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NIF is a planned 30 year user facility. Its 5 MJ infrastructure could also enable Exawatt pulses and science
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An alternate location for EW’s at NIF?
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NIF User Group meeting: Feb. 10-13, 2013; ~180 attendees from 16 countries
NIF User community continues to express strong interest
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NIF will extend pair-plasma experiments to study of charge neutral systems
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NIF pair-plasma experiments will be the culmination of a multi-year, worldwide effort
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The nif is steadily increasing
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The LIFE design addresses the long-standing science and technology challenges for fusion
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