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Appendix B: Tools of High Energy Density Science
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... B Tools of High Energy Density Science This appendix is intended as a brief introduction to the experimental and computational tools of high energy density science, with a summary of capabilities in each case.
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... Courtesy of N Yao, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
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... SOURCES: (Left) Courtesy of Los Alamos National Laboratory.
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... (Right) Schematic cross section of Z pulsed-power machine, with red dashed square indicating location of the sample assembly at the center of the machine.
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... ; density, pressure calculated to 5-10 percent FIGURE B-4  Schematic of the National Ignition Facility at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, with light from two laser bays (top and bottom at left) directed into the spherical target chamber (right)
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... is only a few millimeters across. SOURCES: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, see (left)
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... Kowaluk/J.Wickboldt/LLNL/ LLE/NIF. THEORY AND SIMULATIONS High-performance computers, like those at Los Alamos National Laboratory (see Figure B-7)
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... SOURCE: Los Alamos National Laboratory, "Radical Supercomputing," https://www.lanl.gov/science innovation/features/radical-supercomputing.php.


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