Summary
Research Interests
- Wire Array Z-pinches
- Compact Hohlraums
- Laboratory Astrophysics
- Dense plasma jets for driving HEDP experiments
- Radiative shock waves
- Isentropic compression
Invited Lectures and Presentations
Presentations at:
- Royal Society Summer Exhibition
- British Festival of Science
Invited talks at:
- Dense Z-Pinch Conferece 2005
- American Physical Society, Division of Plasma Physics Meeting 2006
- Institute of Physics, Plasma Physics Meeting 2008
- International Conference of High Energy Density Physics 2009
Publications
Journals
Miller SM, Slutz SA, Bland SN, et al., 2020, A pulsed-power implementation of “Laser Gate” for increasing laser energy coupling and fusion yield in magnetized liner inertial fusion (MagLIF), Review of Scientific Instruments, Vol:91, ISSN:0034-6748, Pages:1-9
Yanuka D, Theocharous S, Bland SN, 2019, Pulsed power driven cylindrical wire array explosions in different media, Physics of Plasmas, Vol:26, ISSN:1070-664X, Pages:1-7
Hare JD, MacDonald J, Bland S, et al., 2019, Two-colour interferometry and Thomson scattering measurements of a plasma gun, Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion, Vol:61, ISSN:0741-3335
Yanuka D, Rososhek A, Theocharous S, et al., 2019, X-ray radiography of the overheating instability in underwater electrical explosions of wires, Physics of Plasmas, Vol:26, ISSN:1070-664X