Research in High Energy Density Physics Using the ATLASPulsed Power Facility

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Research in High Energy Density Physics Using the ATLASPulsed Power Facility: The Office of Fusion Energy Sciences (OFES) of the Office of Science (SC), U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), announces its interest in receiving grant applications for research in high energy density physics in fusion energy sciences using the Atlas pulsed power facility at the Nevada Test Site. The OFES has a broad program of science-based research to develop the knowledge base needed for an economically and environmentally attractive fusion energy source in the long term. Fusion reactions can occur in hot plasmas. Magnetic fields are a means by which the thermal energy of the hot plasma may be confined. The behavior and interaction of plasmas with magnetic fields are thus of great interest to the fusion energy sciences program. In the pulsed modes, plasma densities required to produce significant fusion burn are usually quite high, typically exceeding 1026 particles per m3. The combination of high density and high temperature leads to plasmas of extremely high energy densities, with values typically exceeding 1011 J/m3. For the magnetic fields to be able to interact significantly with the plasmas, magnetic fields with field energy densities of comparable magnitudes are required. The magnetic field strength is in the range exceeding 100 T. The physics of matter in the presence of magnetic fields of the order of 100 T or greater is an emerging subfield of high energy density physics that cuts across many areas of science [Reference: The National Research Council, High Energy Density Physics: The X-Games of Contemporary Science, Committee on High Energy Density Physics, The National Academy Press, Washington, D.C., 2003]. The OFES is sponsoring research in high energy density physics (HEDP) that underpins the science of creating fusion energy using high density and high pressure plasmas. This Notice seeks competitive applications for experimental research in magnetized high energy density physics relevant to the goal of fusion energy sciences that can be conducted using the Atlas pulsed power facility at the Nevada Test Site (NTS). Emphasis is on research leading to plasma configurations that can be compressed to produce plasmas and magnetic fields, each with energy densities of the order of 1011 J/m3 or greater, or equivalently, with plasma and magnetic field pressures each in the megabar range. Theoretical research will be accepted for consideration under this Notice when bundled with and in support of an experimental application. The Atlas facility is operated by the DOE at the Nevada Test Site under the programmatic direction of Los Alamos National Laboratory. The Atlas capacitor bank (240-kV, 25-MA, 25-MJ, microsecond rise time) can be used in a variety of ways to generate high-energy-density conditions. The facility is used by NNSA to study the hydrodynamic response of materials subjected to megabar pressures. Information about the Atlas test schedule and operating constraints is available from the Atlas Program Director, Dr. Robert Reinovsky, Los Alamos National Laboratory (505-667-8214 or email at [email protected].) The full text of this notice is available on the SC Grants and Contracts Web Site: http://www.science.doe.gov/grants/FAPN06-05.html