Summary
I am a Research Associate in the Centre for Inertial Fusion Studies (CIFS), working in computational High Energy Density Physics. My research covers Inertial Confinement Fusion (ICF) and Magneto-Inertial Fusion (MIF). For ICF, I model experiments carried out on the NIF laser at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and the OMEGA laser at the Laboratory for Laser Energetics. For MIF, I study experiments carried out on the Z machine at Sandia National Laboratories.
Research topics that I am currently interested in include:
- How can we measure the temperature and density of burning plasmas in ICF experiments?
- How do magnetic fields affect thermonuclear burn?
- How can we make efficient, intense neutron sources in the laboratory?
- How can we use Quantum Computers in Plasma Physics?
Here I am talking with Varsha Krishnan about my life as a Physicist!
Publications
Journals
Mannion OM, Crilly AJ, Forrest CJ, et al. , 2022, Measurements of the temperature and velocity of the dense fuel layer in inertial confinement fusion experiments, Physical Review E, Vol:105, ISSN:2470-0045
Walsh CA, O'Neill S, Chittenden JP, et al. , 2022, Magnetized ICF implosions: Scaling of temperature and yield enhancement, Physics of Plasmas, Vol:29, ISSN:1070-664X
Sio H, Moody JD, Ho DD, et al. , 2021, Diagnosing plasma magnetization in inertial confinement fusion implosions using secondary deuterium-tritium reactions, Review of Scientific Instruments, Vol:92, ISSN:0034-6748, Pages:1-5
Appelbe B, Velikovich AL, Sherlock M, et al. , 2021, Magnetic field transport in propagating thermonuclear burn, Physics of Plasmas, Vol:28, ISSN:1070-664X, Pages:1-9
Meaney KD, Hoffman NM, Kim Y, et al. , 2021, Time resolved ablator areal density during peak fusion burn on inertial confinement fusion implosions, Physics of Plasmas, Vol:28, ISSN:1070-664X