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DTSTART:20221121T180000Z
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LOCATION:1610 Engineering Hall
SUMMARY:High-Energy Density Physics and Inertial Confinement Fusion at
  Los Alamos National Laboratory\, Plasma Physics (Physics/ECE/NE 922) 
 Seminar\, Liz Merritt\, Los Alamos National Lab
DESCRIPTION:Abstract:<br>
\nHigh-energy-density (HED) science is the s
 tudy of ionized material under extreme pressures (> 1 Mbar)\, which ca
 n alter the very chemical and atomic properties of matter. Many astrop
 hysical systems are HED\, from the interiors of gas giant planets to s
 upernovae. It is only in recent history with the development of large 
 laser and pulsed power systems that scientists are able to create and 
 study HED materials in the lab to gain insight into phenomena in the w
 ider universe. In this talk we will discuss the breadth of the HED pro
 gram at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)\, with applications from
  the basic science of turbulence in the universe to inertial confineme
 nt fusion (ICF) efforts to create fusion energy in the lab.<br>
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\nBio:<br>
\nDr. Elizabeth Merritt is a staff Scientist at Los
  Alamos National Laboratory where she specializes in experimental high
 -energy-density (HED) hydrodynamics and inertial-confinement fusion (I
 CF). Dr. Merritt received a B.A. in mathematics and physics from Mount
  Holyoke College\, with a concentration in optoelectronics\, and her P
 h.D. in physics from the University of New Mexico in 2013\, for work o
 n plasma jets for magneto-inertial-fusion. Dr. Merritt is the PI on th
 e LANL Planar HED Hydrodynamics campaigns including the NIF Multi-shoc
 k campaign\, which is examining hydrodynamic instabilities growth and 
 transition to turbulence under complex conditions similar to ICF capsu
 les. Dr. Merritt is also the ICF Project Leader for the Double Shell C
 ampaign\, which is developing a platform for studying volume burn for 
 ICF at the NIF. Finally\, Dr. Merritt is actively involved in several 
 APS-DPP early-career and diversity advocacy groups\, and LANL educatio
 nal outreach efforts.
URL:https://www.physics.wisc.edu/events/?id=8019
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