Isabella Pagano, UT-Austin

"Applications of X-Ray Radiography Generated by Laser Plasma Acceleration"

Abstract: A challenge of high energy density (HED) science is to observe dense, short-lived plasmas and their dynamic evolution and instabilities. Laser-produced x-rays can characterize states of such plasmas with high spatial and temporal resolution. The desired x-ray source has a tunable spectrum (keV-MeV), a small source size (μm), and a short pulse duration (