Kinetic Simulation of Recycling Bifurcation in an Expander Divertor

November 2021 | S. Dettrick | APS-DPP 2021 | Poster

An expander divertor can be used to expand the Scrape-Off-Layer flux-tube of a linear device to arbitrary size, providing reduced energy flux to the wall, increased pumping capacity, formation of a pre-sheath for electrostatic confinement of electrons, and…

Evolution and consequences of orbit type distributions in FRCs

November 2021 | F. Ceccherini | APS-DPP 2021 | Poster

Field Reversed Configurations (FRCs) are characterized by particular electric and magnetic field geometries that are due to the presence of unique particle orbit types as so-called Betatron, Drift, Fig8 and Type 1 orbits.

Simulation of Coherent Terahertz Radiation from Relativistic Laser-Solid Interactions

November 2021 | A. Necas | APS-DPP 2021 | Poster

Experiments to study the interaction between a high-intensity (>1018 W/cm2) laser and various solid targets have been performed at the University of Rochester Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE) lab aimed to generate terahertz (THz) radiation.