Targets development at Sandia National Laboratories

Summary form only given. For many years, Sandia National Laboratories under contract to the Department of Energy has produced targets designed to understand complex ion beam and Z-pinch plasma physics. This poster focuses on the features of target designs that make them suitable for Z-pinch plasma physics applications. Precision diagnostic targets will prove critical in understanding the plasma physics model needed for future ion beam and Z-pinch design. Targets are designed to meet specific physics needs; in this case we have fabricated targets to maximize information about the end-on versus side-on X-ray emission and Z-pinch hohlraum development. In this poster we describe the fabrication and characterization techniques. We will include discussion of current targets under development as well as target fabrication capabilities.