SPECT3D overview

SPECT3D major features

Spect3D Visualizer

Plasma Grid Generator

Includes an easy-to-use GUI

Documentation and reports

Platforms

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User support

 


 
On-Line Documentation

 

SPECT3D comes with online documentation and a set of examples that allow users to get up-and-running quickly. Many of the user interface windows have Help buttons that go directly to the relevant help page.

 

 

SPECT3D Reports and Whitepapers

Physics algorithms in SPECT3D are the same as those used in PrismSPECT. For examples of post-processing results from radiation-hydrodynamics simulations, readers are referred to HELIOS reports and whitepapers.

 

Overview paper
 
SPECT3D - A Multi-Dimensional Collisional-Radiative Code for Generating Diagnostic Signatures Based Hydrodynamics and PIC Simulation Output
Also published in High Energy Density Phys., Vol. 3, p. 181-190, 2007.

 

Research Papers
 

Crossed-Beam Energy Transfer in Direct-Drive Implosions
I. V. Igumenshchev, W. Seka, D. H. Edgell et al. Physics of Plasmas, Vol. 19, p.056314 (2012)

Investigating Inertial Confinement Fusion Target Fuel Conditions Through X-ray
Spectroscopy
Stephanie B. Hansen. Physics of Plasmas, Vol. 19, p.056312 (2012)

Hot-Spot Mix in Ignition-Scale Implosions on the NIF
S. P. Regan, R. Epstein, B. A. Hammel et al. Physics of Plasmas, Vol. 19, p.056307 (2012)

Thomson Scattering Measurements of Temperature and Density in a Low-Density, Laser-Driven Magnetized Plasma
D.B. Schaeffer, D.S. Montgomery, A.S. Bondarenko et al. IOP Science p.1-10 (2012)

Spectroscopic Observations of Fermi-Degenerate Aluminum Compressed and
Heated to Four Times Solid Density and 20 eV
S.P. Regan, H. Sawada, V.N. Goncharov et al. High Energy Density Physics, Vol. 7, p.259-262 (2011)

Observation of K-Shell Soft X Ray Emission of Nitrogen Irradiated by XUV-Free Electron Laser FLASH at Intensities Greater than 1016 W/cm2
E. Galtier, F.B. Rosmej, O. Renner, L. Juha et al. Contrib. Plasma Phys. , Vol. 51, No. 2-3, p.284 – 287 (2011)

X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy for Wire-Array Z-pinches at the Non-Radiative Stage
V.V. Ivanov, P. Hakel, R.C. Mancini, J.P. Chittenden et al., High Energy Density Physics, Vol. 7, p.383-390 (2011)

Measurement of the Ionization State and Electron Temperature of Plasma during the Ablation Stage of a Wire-Array Z Pinch Using Absorption Spectroscopy
V.V. Ivanov, P. Hakel, R. C. Mancini et al., Vol. 106, p.225005 (2011)

Doppler Effects on 3-D Non-LTE Radiation Transport and Emission Spectra
S.B. Hansen, B. Jones, J.L. Giuliani, J.P. Apruzese et al., High Energy Density Physics, Vol. 7, p.303-311 (2011)

Applied Spectroscopy in Pulsed Power Plasmas
G. A. Rochau, J. E. Bailey, Y. Maron. Physics of Plasmas, Vol. 17, p.055501 (2010)

Modelling, Design and Diagnostics for a Photoionised Plasma Experiment
I.M. Hall, T. Durmaz, R.C. Mancini, J.E. Bailey, G.A. Rochau et al., Astrophys Space Sci, Vol. 322, p.117–121 (2009)

Simulations of Fe at 156 eV with Configuration Interaction and Mixed UTA
M. Klapisch, M. Busquet et al. High Energy Density Physics, Vol. 5, p.105–109 (2009)

Applied Plasma Spectroscopy: Laser-Fusion Experiments
S.P. Regan, B. Yaakobi, T.R. Boehly et al. High Energy Density Physics, Vol. 5, p.234–243 (2009)

Al 1s-2p Absorption Spectroscopy of Shock-Wave Heating and Compression
in Laser-Driven Planar Foil
H. Sawada, S. P. Regan, P. B. Radha et al. Physics of Plasmas, Vol. 16, p.052702 (2009)

Experimental Investigation of Opacity Models for Stellar Interior, Inertial
Fusion, and High Energy Density Plasmas
J. E. Bailey, G. A. Rochau, R. C. Mancini et al. Physics of Plasmas, Vol. 16, p.058101 (2009)

The Effects of Target Mounts in Direct-Drive Implosions on OMEGA
I. V. Igumenshchev, F. J. Marshall, J. A. Marozas et al. Physics of Plasmas, Vol. 16, p.082701 (2009)

Implosion Dynamics and X-ray Generation in Small-Diameter Wire-Array Z Pinches
V. V. Ivanov, V. I. Sotnikov, J. M. Kindel et al. Physical Review E 79, p.056404 (2009)

Spectrally Resolved and Rosseland and Planck Mean Opacities of Iron Plasmas
at Temperatures Above 100 eV: A Systematic Study
Gao Cheng, Zeng Jiaolong. Physical Review E 78, p.046407 (2008)

Implosion Dynamics and K-shell X-ray Generation in Large Diameter
Stainless Steel Wire Array Z Pinches With Various Nesting Configurations
Brent Jones, Christine A. Coverdale, Christopher Deeney et al. Physics of Plasmas, Vol. 15, p.122703 (2008)

Dynamics of Conical Wire Array Z-Pinch Implosions
D. J. Ampleford, S. V. Lebedev, S. N. Bland et al. Physics of Plasmas, Vol. 14, p.102704 (2007)

Iron-Plasma Transmission Measurements at Temperatures Above 150 eV
J. E. Bailey, G. A. Rochau, C. A. Iglesias et al. Physical Review Letters, Vol. 99, p.265002 (2007)

Hot Dense Capsule-Implosion Cores Produced by Z-Pinch Dynamic Hohlraum Radiation
Bailey et al., Physical Review Letters, Vol. 92, 085002 (2004)