盖拉德里埃尔 (Galadriel):一个促进工程科学与高能量密度物理学和惯性聚变能量实验相关的设施
G W Collins1, C McGuffey1, M Jaris1
1General Atomics, San Diego, California 92121, USA.
The Review of scientific instruments
|November 1, 2024
概括
加拉德里埃尔设施使高重复率激光实验能够用于高能量密度物理学和核聚变能源. 它解决了未来重定位激光操作的工程挑战,包括诊断和数据处理.
科学领域:
- 激光驱动的高能量密度 (HED) 物理学.
- 惯性聚变能源 (IFE) 研究.
背景情况:
- 目前用于HED物理和IFE的激光设备通常以高重复率 (HRR) 运行,重复率为~0.1-10 Hz.
- 现有的诊断,目标定位和数据存储方法无法处理HRR的运营速度.
- 实验范式的进步对于激光操作的进步至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 介绍通用原子实验室,用于开发重新评级的仪器和激光实验 (GALADRIEL).
- 建立GALADRIEL作为HRR实验所需的工程科学进步的试验台.
- 对HED和IFE研究进行重新评估的新仪器和实验策略进行基准测试.
主要方法:
- 在商用1 TW激光系统周围构建了GALADRIEL.
- 使用气喷射激光唤醒场加速 (LWFA) 来产生MeV电子.
- 为LWFA实验实施1Hz的运行速度,结合仪器反和定制的NoSQL数据库 (MORIA) 来进行数据存档和检索.
主要成果:
- 成功调试了GALADRIEL,证明了通过LWFA在~1-4 MeV的电子生成.
- 在LWFA实验中实现了1Hz的运行,展示了系统对重复测试的能力.
- 开发和实施MORIA数据库,以高效,基于查询的实验结果数据管理.
结论:
- 加拉德里埃尔提供了一个独特的实验平台,用于解决重点工程科学挑战,在HED和IFE中进行重新评估.
- 该设施专注于关键领域,包括目标,诊断,数据处理,材料科学和机器学习.
- 盖拉德里尔填补了美国用户设施领域的一个关键缺口,为未来的高重复率激光应用程序的开发提供了机会.
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