PULSED ​PLASMA PHYSICS

Conference Presentations

 

 

2022

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• "Developments in long-risetime pulsed power research at UC San Diego" 
  S. Bott-Suzuki, J. Banasek, S. W. Cordaro, T. Oliver, S. N. Bland, Jiaqi Yan, Susan Parker, J. Chittenden
  49th IEEE International Conference on Plasma Science, Seattle, WA, 24-29 June 2022

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• "Optical Thomson Scattering system for sheared flow Z-pinch experiments"
  J. T. Banasek, S. Bott-Suzuki, P. S. Datte, D. P. Higginson, H. S. Mclean, J. S. Ross, G. F. Swadling, C. S. Goyon
  49th IEEE International Conference on Plasma Science, Seattle, WA, 24-29 June 2022

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• "Portable x-pinch driver development for dense plasma measurements"
  S. N. Bland, J. Strucka, Y. Yao, S. Parker, J. Yan, N. Schwartz, S. Bott-Suzuki
  49th IEEE International Conference on Plasma Science, Seattle, WA, 24-29 June 2022

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• "Developments and Challenges for Pulsed Power-Driven Inertial Fusion Energy" PLENARY
  Simon Bott-Suzuki, Nicolas Jordan, Salvador Portillo, Michael E. Cuneo, Daniel B. Sinars, Ryan McBride
  IFE workshop hosted by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Feb 2022

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2021

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• "HIGH VOLTAGE COAXIAL VACUUM GAP BREAKDOWN FOR PULSED POWER LINERS"
  Samuel Cordaro, Simon Bott-Suzuki, Jacob Banasek , Joshua Simpson
  IEEE Pulsed Power Conference & Symposium on Fusion Engineering (PPC SOFE 2021), Denver CO, 12-16 December

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• "Developments in long-risetime pulsed power research at UC San Diego"
  Simon Bott-Suzuki, Jacob Banasek, Sam Cordaro, Tobias Oliver, Simon Bland, Jiaqi Yan, Susan Parker, Jeremy Chittenden
  IEEE Pulsed Power Conference & Symposium on Fusion Engineering (PPC SOFE 2021), Denver CO, 12-16 December

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• "Optical Thomson Scattering system for sheared flow Z-pinch experiments"
  Jacob Banasek, Simon Bott-Suzuki, Philip Datte, Drew Higginson, Harry Mclean, Steven Ross, George Swadling, Clement Goyon
  IEEE Pulsed Power Conference & Symposium on Fusion Engineering (PPC SOFE 2021), Denver CO, 12-16 December

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• "Compact solid state switched spiral generators as triggers for pulsed power accelerators"
  Simon Bland, Susan Parker, Jiaqi Yan, Simon Bott-Suzuki, Jacob Banasek, Sam Cordaro
  IEEE Pulsed Power Conference & Symposium on Fusion Engineering (PPC SOFE 2021), Denver CO, 12-16 December

 

 

2020

 

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2019

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• "Coaxial Vacuum Gap Breakdown for Pulsed Power Liners", S. W. Cordaro, S. C. Bott-Suzuki, T. Oliver, 11TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON DENSE Z-PINCHES, August 19-23, 2019, Beijing, China

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• "Thomson Scattering Measurements of Bow-shocks in radiatively cooled, magnetically accelerated plasma flows", Simon C. Bott-Suzuki, S. W. Cordaro, T. Oliver, W. Potter, J. Banasek, S Rocco, B. R .Kusse, D. A. Hammer, 11TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON DENSE Z-PINCHES, August 19-23, 2019, Beijing, China

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• "Characterization of laser-produced plasmas in the 1-6 nm region using cryogenic Xe targets”, S.C. Bott-Suzuki, A. Bykanov, O. Khodykin, M. Tillack, S. Cordaro, Extreme Ultraviolet Lithography Workshop, CXRO, Berkeley, CA, June 10-13, 2019

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2018

• "Plasma FLow Experiments on a 1-microsecond pulsed power driver" Simon C. Bott-Suzuki, S. W. Cordaro, T. Oliver, L.S. Caballero Bendixsen, 45th IEEE International Conference on Plasma Science, Denver, CO, 24-28 June 2018

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2017

• “Azimuthal Current Density Distribution resulting from a Power Feed Gap in Metallic Liner Experiments at 1MA”, 
  S. C. Bott-Suzuki, S. W. Cordaro, L.S. Caballero Bendixsen, L. Atoyan, T. Byvank, W. Potter, B.R. Kusse, J.B. Greenly, C.E. Seyler, D. A. Hammer, 10th International Conference on Dense Z-Pinches, August 13-17, Lake Tahoe, NV
   

• “3D Measurement of current distribution in a high voltage co-axial vacuum gap”,
  S. W. Cordaro, S. C. Bott-Suzuki, L.S. Caballero Bendixsen, L. Atoyan, T. Byvank, W. Potter, B.R. Kusse, J.B. Greenly, C.E. Seyler, D. A. Hammer, 10th International Conference on Dense Z-Pinches, August 13-17, Lake Tahoe, NV
   

• “Azimuthal Current Density Distribution resulting from a Power Feed Gap in Metallic Liner Experiments at 1MA”,
  (Invited Talk) S. C. Bott-Suzuki, S. W. Cordaro, L.S. Caballero Bendixsen, L. Atoyan, T. Byvank, W. Potter, B.R. Kusse, J.B. Greenly, C.E. Seyler, D. A. Hammer 44th IEEE International Conference on Plasma Science, May 21-25, 2017, Atlantic City, NJ   

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2016

• “Investigation of Magnetized, Radiative Bow-Shocks in Magnetically Accelerated Plasma Flows”,
  S. C. Bott-Suzuki, S. W. Cordaro, L.S. Caballero Bendixsen, L. Atoyan, T. Byvank, W. Potter, B.R. Kusse, J.B. Greenly, C.E. Seyler, D. A. Hammer, J.P. Chittenden, N. Niasse, presented the 11th International Conference on High Energy Density Laboratory Astrophysics, May 16-20, 2016 

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• “3D Azimuthal current density distribution resulting from a power feed gap in metallic liner experiments at 1MA”
  S. C. Bott-Suzuki, S. W. Cordaro, L.S. Caballero Bendixsen, L. Atoyan, T. Byvank, W. Potter, B.R. Kusse, J.B. Greenly, C.E. Seyler, D. A. Hammer, 43rd IEEE International Conference on Plasma Science, June 19-23, 2016, Banff, Alberta, Canada

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• "Plasma Sheath Dynamics on the Axial Phase of a Plasma Focus Device",  
  L. S. Caballero Bendixsen , S. C. Bott-Suzuki , S. Cordaro , M. Krishnan , S. Chapman , P. Coleman , J. Chittenden, 43rd IEEE International Conference on Plasma Science, June 19-23, 2016, Banff, Alberta, Canada

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• "High Voltage Coaxial Gap Breakdown for Pulsed Power Liners" 
  S. W. Cordaro , S. C. Bott-Suzuki , L. S. Caballero Bendixsen , L. Atoyan , T. Byvank , W. Potter , B. R. Kusse , J. B. Greenly , C. A. Jennings, 43rd IEEE International Conference on Plasma Science, June 19-23, 2016, Banff, Alberta, Canada

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2015

 

• “Azimuthal Current density distribution resulting from a power feed vacuum gap in metallic liner experiments at 1 MA”,
  S. C. Bott-Suzuki, S. W. Cordaro, L.S. Caballero Bendixsen, L. Atoyan, T. Byvank, W. Potter, B.R. Kusse, J.B. Greenly, C.E. Seyler, D. A. Hammer, Presented at the 57th Annual Meeting of the American Physical Society, Division Plasma Physics, November 16-20, 2015, Savannah,GA

 

• “Experiments and simulations of magnetically driven implosions in high repetition rate dense plasma focus”,
  L.S. Caballero Bendixsen, S. C. Bott-Suzuki, S. W. Cordaro,M. Krishnan, S. Chapman, P. Coleman, J. Chittenden, Presented at the 57th Annual Meeting of the American Physical Society, Division Plasma Physics, November 16-20, 2015, Savannah,GA

 

• "Coaxial Vacuum Gap Breakdown for Pulsed Power Liners"
  S. W. Cordaro, S. C. Bott-Suzuki, L.S. Caballero Bendixsen, L. Atoyan, T. Byvank, W. Potter, B.R. Kusse, J.B. Greenly, C.E. Seyler, D. A. Hammer, Presented at the 57th Annual Meeting of the American Physical Society, Division Plasma Physics, November 16-20, 2015, Savannah,GA

 

• “Azimuthal Current density distribution resulting from a power feed vacuum gap in metallic liner experiments at 1 MA”,
  S. C. Bott-Suzuki, S. W. Cordaro, L.S. Caballero Bendixsen, L. Atoyan, T. Byvank, W. Potter, B.R. Kusse, J.B. Greenly, C.E. Seyler, D. A. Hammer, Presented at the 5th International Conference on High Energy Density Physics, August 23-27, 2015, San Diego, CA

 

• “Experiments and simulations of magnetically driven implosions in high repetition rate dense plasma focus”,
  L.S. Caballero Bendixsen, S. C. Bott-Suzuki, S. W. Cordaro,M. Krishnan, S. Chapman, P. Coleman, J. Chittenden, Presented at the 5th International Conference on High Energy Density Physics, August 23-27, 2015, San Diego, CA

 

• “Experiments and simulations of magnetically driven implosions in high repetition rate dense plasma focus”,
  L.S. Caballero Bendixsen, S. C. Bott-Suzuki, S. W. Cordaro,M. Krishnan, S. Chapman, P. Coleman, J. Chittenden, Presented at the 42nd IEEE International Conference on Plasma Science, May 24-28, 2015, Belek, Antalya, Turkey

 

• "Coaxial Vacuum Gap Breakdown for Pulsed Power Liners"
  S. W. Cordaro, S. C. Bott-Suzuki, L.S. Caballero Bendixsen, L. Atoyan, T. Byvank, W. Potter, B.R. Kusse, J.B. Greenly, C.E. Seyler, D. A. Hammer,Presented at the 5th International Conference on High Energy Density Physics, August 23-27, 2015, San Diego, CA

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2014

 

• “Investigations of Bow Shock Formation in Radiatively-cooled Supersonic Plasma Flows”
  S. C. Bott-Suzuki, L. S. Caballero Bendixsen, S. Cordaro, I. C. Blesener, C. L. Hoyt, A. D. Cahill, B. R. Kusse, D A. Hammer, J. B. Greenly, P. A. Gourdain, C. E. Seyler, K. S. Blesener, J. P. Chittenden, N. Niasse, presented at the the 9th International Conference on Dense Z-Pinches, August 3-7, 2014, Napa, CA.

 

• “Experiments and simulations of magnetically driven implosions in high repetition rate dense plasma focus”,
  L.S. Caballero Bendixsen, S. C. Bott-Suzuki, S. W. Cordaro,M. Krishnan, S. Chapman, P. Coleman, J. Chittenden, Presented at the 9th International Conference on Dense Z-Pinches, August 3-7, 2014, Napa, CA.

 

• "Coaxial Vacuum Gap Breakdown for Pulsed Power Liners",
  S. W. Cordaro, S. C. Bott-Suzuki, L.S. Caballero Bendixsen, presented at the 9th International Conference on Dense Z-Pinches, August 3-7, 2014, Napa, CA.

 

• “Investigations of Bow Shock Formation in Radiatively-cooled Supersonic Plasma Flows”
  S. C. Bott-Suzuki, L. S. Caballero Bendixsen, S. Cordaro, I. C. Blesener, C. L. Hoyt, A. D. Cahill, B. R. Kusse, D A. Hammer, J. B. Greenly, P. A. Gourdain, C. E. Seyler, K. S. Blesener, J. P. Chittenden, N. Niasse, presented at the 41st IEEE International Conference on Plasma Science and the 20th International Conference on High-Power Particle Beams, May 25 – 29, 2014, Washington DC

 

• "Coaxial Vacuum Gap Breakdown for Pulsed Power Liners", S. W. Cordaro, S. C. Bott-Suzuki, L.S. Caballero Bendixsen, presented at the 41st IEEE International Conference on Plasma Science and the 20th International Conference on High-Power Particle Beams, May 25 – 29, 2014, Washington DC

 

2013

 

• “Investigation of Radiative Bow-Shocks in Magnetically Accelerated Plasma Flows”
  S. C. Bott-Suzuki, I.C. Blesener, C. L. Hoyt, A. D. Cahill, B. R. Kusse, D. A. Hammer, P. A. Gourdain, C. E. Seyler, J. B. Greenly, J. P. Chittenden, N. Niasse, S. V. Lebedev, D. J. Ampleford, C. A. Jennings,  IEEE Pulsed Power & Plasma Science Conference, San Francisco, June 2013

 

 

2012

 

• "Study of the Initiation Phase of Thick, Metallic Liners at 1MA
  S. C. Bott, I. C. Blesener, C. L. Hoyt, P. A. Gourdain, J. B. Greenly, D. A. Hammer, B. R. Kusse,D. Chalenski,J. P. Chittenden, M. Weinwurm, M. E. Cuneo, presented at the 54th American Physical Society, Division of Plasma Physics meeting, October 28th - November 2nd, 2012

 

 

• "Investigations of Bow Shock Formation in Radiatively-cooled Supersonic Plasma Flows"
  S. C. Bott, J. P. Chittenden, N. Niasse, B. Kusse, D A. Hammer, I. C. Blesener, A. Cahill, C. Hoyt, presented at the 9th International Conference on High Energy Density Laboratory Astrophysics, Tallahassee, Fl, USA, April 30-May 4, 2012

 

 

2011

 

• "Analytical Analysis of the Ablation Phase of Low Wire Number Wire Arrays"
  S. C. Bott, D. Mariscal, K. Gunasekera, J. Peebles, F. N. Beg, presented at the 8th International Conference on the Physics of Dense Z-Pinches, Biarritz, 5-9 June, 2011

 

• "Analytical Analysis of the Ablation Phase of Low Wire Number Wire Arrays"
  S. C. Bott, D. Mariscal, K. Gunasekera, J. Peebles, F. N. Beg, presented at the 8th International Conference on Plasma Physics, Chicago, IL, 26-30 June, 2011