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Fusion and the Z Machine
Duplicating the Plasmas of Distant Stars
The physical processes of stars have long been of interest to Lawrence Livermore researchers. The prime stellar energy mechanism, thermonuclear fusion, lies at the very heart of the Laboratory's national security mission.
EBIT
: ION TRAP
USP: Ultra Short Pulse Laser Facility
NOVA: Laser Experiments
NIF : Laser Experiments
Collaborations:
• SLAC; Stanford Linear Accelerator, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California
• USP Laser Facility, LULI_ECOLE PolyTechnique, France
• Pulsed Power Facility , lab astrophysics, Sandia National Laboratory, Albuequerque, New Mexico
