Summary of Research
My research focuses on studying various kinetic effects which occur in inertial confinement fusion (ICF) implosions. These kinetic effects are deviations from the hydrodynamic models which are often used to simulate and model these implosions, so understanding the prevalence and impact of kinetic effects will let us better understand when our current models might be unable to accurately predict the physics. My main project currently involves conducting a series of experiments to probe the kinetic effects associated with fast ion beams occurring in these systems, and developing analysis tools associated with the optical Thomson scattering diagnostic which is used to measure velocity distribution functions in my experiments.
Publications
BC Foo, DB Schaeffer, PV Heuer; Recovering non-Maxwellian particle velocity distribution functions from collective Thomson-scattered spectra. AIP Advances 2023
BC Foo, BI Buschmann, M Cufari, SG Dannhoff, A DeVault, TE Evans, TM Johnson, JH Kunimune, Y Lawrence, JA Pearcy, BL Reichelt, L Russell, N Vanderloo, J Vargas, CW Wink, M Gatu Johnson, FH Séguin, RD Petrasso, JA Frenje; Errors in the field reconstruction using CR-39 proton radiographs with high fluence variation. Rev. Sci. Instrum. 2024
Bryan Foo, Steven Anderson, Luis Chacon, Tucker Evans, Hans Hammer, Brett Keenan, Andrei Simakov, William Taitano; Probing the deviation from the Braginskii heat transport model due to kinetic effects in HED-relevant conditions, APS-DPP 2024, ORAL COMPONENT
Bryan Foo, Derek Schaeffer, Peter Heuer; Using Collective Thomson Scattering to Characterize Velocity Distribution Functions of non-Maxwellian Plasmas, OLUG 2023, ORAL COMPONENT
Bryan Foo, Derek Schaeffer, Peter Heuer; Using Collective Thomson Scattering to Characterize Velocity Distribution Functions of non-Maxwellian Plasmas, APS-DPP 2022, ORAL COMPONENT
TM Johnson, J Shan, R Kishimori, MJ Cufari, PJ Adrian, B Buschmann, CW Chang, SG Dannhoff, A DeVault, TE Evans, B Foo, JH Kunimune, Y Lawrence, JA Pearcy, BL Reichelt, L Russell, GD Sutcliffe, NL Vanderloo, J Vargas, C Wink, M Gatu Johnson, FH Séguin, RD Petrasso, JA Frenje, CK Li; Intrinsic fluence non-uniformity in D3He backlit proton radiography. Rev. Sci. Instrum. 2024
N Vanderloo, M Cufari, L Russell, TM Johnson, J Vargas, BC Foo, BI Buschmann, SG Dannhoff, A DeVault, TE Evans, JH Kunimune, Y Lawrence, JA Pearcy, BL Reichelt, CW Wink, M Gatu Johnson, RD Petrasso, JA Frenje, CK Li; Image plate multi-scan response to fusion protons in the range of 1–14 MeV. Rev. Sci. Instrum. 2024
M Cufari, N Vanderloo, BI Buschmann, A DeVault, BC Foo, J Vargas, SG Dannhoff, TE Evans, TM Johnson, J Kunimune, Y Lawrence, JA Pearcy, BL Reichelt, L Russell, CW Wink, M Gatu Johnson, RD Petrasso, JA Frenje; Characterization of the image plate multi-scan response to mono-energetic x-rays. Rev. Sci. Instrum. 2024
L Russell, TM Johnson, Y Lawrence, B Reichelt, N Vanderloo, M Cufari, BI Buschmann, S Dannhoff, A DeVault, E Doeg, T Evans, BC Foo, R Frankel, JH Kunimune, JA Pearcy, J Vargas, M Gatu Johnson, J Frenje; Quantifying the effects of neutron fluence on proton signal retention in CR-39. Rev. Sci. Instrum. 2024
BI Buschmann, M Cufari, N Vanderloo, J Vargas, BC Foo, A DeVault, SG Dannhoff, TE Evans, TM Johnson, JH Kunimune, Y Lawrence, JA Pearcy, BL Reichelt, CW Wink, L Russell, M Gatu Johnson, RD Petrasso, JA Frenje; Characterization of the response of radiochromic film to quasi-monoenergetic x rays through a cross-calibration with image plates. Rev. Sci. Instrum. 2024
Vicente Valenzuela-Villaseca, Bryan Foo, Vedang Bhelande, Peter Heuer, Sophia Malko, Gennady Fiksel, Jesse Griff-McMahon, Peera Pongkitiwanichakul, Will Fox, Derek Schaeffer; Laboratory studies of energy partitioning in laser-driven, quasi-perpendicular collisionless shocks, APS-DPP 2024
Brandan Buschmann, Derek Schaeffer, Bryan Foo, Peter Heuer; Measuring Ion Temperature from Thomson-Scattered Spectra of Non-Maxwellian Velocity Distributions in Magnetized Collisionless Shocks, APS-DPP 2022
Awards
Manfred Pyka Memorial Prize, Princeton University Department of Physics, 2020, 2021
Allen G. Shenstone Prize, Princeton University Department of Physics, 2022
Undergraduate Outstanding Poster Award, OMEGA Laser Users Group, 2023
Magna Cum Laude, Princeton University Department of Physics, 2023