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Measurement of the absolute hohlraum-wall albedo under ignition foot drive conditions
O S Jones1, S H Glenzer, L J Suter
1Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, California 94551, USA.
Abstract:
We present measurements of the absolute albedos of hohlraums made from gold or from high-Z mixtures. The measurements are performed over the range of radiation temperatures (70-100 eV) expected during the foot of an indirect-drive temporally shaped ignition laser pulse, where accurate knowledge of the wall albedo (i.e., soft x-ray wall reemission) is most critical for determining capsule radiation symmetry. We find that the gold albedo agrees well with calculations using the supertransition array opacity model, potentially providing additional margin for inertial confinement fusion ignition.
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