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List of works by Michael Macdonald

A measurement of the equation of state of carbon envelopes of white dwarfs

scientific article published on 05 August 2020

A new class of focusing crystal shapes for Bragg spectroscopy of small, point-like, x-ray sources in laser produced plasmas

scientific article published in April 2021

A new class of variable-radii diffraction optics for high-resolution x-ray spectroscopy at the National Ignition Facility (invited)

scientific article published in 2022

A platform for x-ray Thomson scattering measurements of radiation hydrodynamics experiments on the NIF

scientific article published on 01 October 2018

Compound refractive lenses as prefocusing optics for X-ray FEL radiation.

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Demonstration of X-ray Thomson scattering as diagnostics for miscibility in warm dense matter

scientific article published on 26 May 2020

Demonstration of x-ray fluorescence imaging of a high-energy-density plasma.

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Design and expected performance of a variable-radii sinusoidal spiral x-ray spectrometer for the National Ignition Facility

scientific article published in September 2021

Design of inertial fusion implosions reaching the burning plasma regime

scientific article published on 26 January 2022

Detailed characterization of the LLNL imaging proton spectrometer.

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Developed turbulence and nonlinear amplification of magnetic fields in laboratory and astrophysical plasmas

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Developing a long-duration Zn K- source for x-ray scattering experiments

scientific article published on 01 October 2018

Erratum: “Use of external magnetic fields in hohlraum plasmas to improve laser-coupling” [Phys. Plasmas 22 , 010703 (2015)]

correction of a scientific article published in July 2015

Evidence for Crystalline Structure in Dynamically-Compressed Polyethylene up to 200 GPa

scientific article published on 12 March 2019

Formation of diamonds in laser-compressed hydrocarbons at planetary interior conditions

High repetition rate, multi-MeV proton source from cryogenic hydrogen jets

High resolution x-ray Thomson scattering measurements from cryogenic hydrogen jets using the linac coherent light source.

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High-pressure chemistry of hydrocarbons relevant to planetary interiors and inertial confinement fusion

Liquid Structure of Shock-Compressed Hydrocarbons at Megabar Pressures

scientific article published in Physical Review Letters

Measurement of high-dynamic range x-ray Thomson scattering spectra for the characterization of nano-plasmas at LCLS.

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Measurements of the energy spectrum of electrons emanating from solid materials irradiated by a picosecond laser

scientific article published in April 2015

New experimental platform to study high density laser-compressed matter

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One-dimensional quantum confinement effect modulated thermoelectric properties in InAs nanowires

scientific article published on 26 November 2012

Optimized continuum x-ray emission from laser-generated plasma

scientific article published on 21 December 2020

Relativistic Electron Streaming Instabilities Modulate Proton Beams Accelerated in Laser-Plasma Interactions.

scientific article published on 11 May 2017

Spatially resolved density and ionization measurements of shocked foams using x-ray fluorescence

scientific article published on 22 September 2016

Use of external magnetic fields in hohlraum plasmas to improve laser-coupling

scientific article published in January 2015

Using time-resolved penumbral imaging to measure low hot spot x-ray emission signals from capsule implosions at the National Ignition Facility

scientific article published on 01 October 2018

X-ray spectrometer throughput model for (selected) flat Bragg crystal spectrometers on laser plasma facilities

scientific article published on 01 October 2018