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
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
Appelbe B, Velikovich AL, Sherlock M, et al., 2021, Magnetic field transport in propagating thermonuclear burn, Physics of Plasmas, Vol:28, ISSN:1070-664X
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
Crilly AJ, Appelbe BD, Mannion OM, et al., 2021, The effect of areal density asymmetries on scattered neutron spectra in ICF implosions, Physics of Plasmas, Vol:28, ISSN:1070-664X
Crilly AJ, Appelbe BD, Mannion OM, et al., 2020, Neutron backscatter edge: A measure of the hydrodynamic properties of the dense DT fuel at stagnation in ICF experiments, Physics of Plasmas, Vol:27, ISSN:1070-664X, Pages:012701-1-012701-11