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Hohlraum-driven ignitionlike double-shell implosions on the omega laser facility
Peter A Amendt1, Harry F Robey, H-S Park
1Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA.
Abstract:
High-convergence ignitionlike double-shell implosion experiments have been performed on the Omega laser facility [T. R. Boehly, Opt. Commun. 133, 495 (1997)] using cylindrical gold hohlraums with 40 drive beams. Repeatable, dominant primary (2.45 MeV) neutron production from the mix-susceptible compressional phase of a double-shell implosion, using fall-line design optimization and exacting fabrication standards, is experimentally inferred from time-resolved core x-ray imaging. Effective control of fuel-pusher mix during final compression is essential for achieving noncryogenic ignition with double-shell targets on the National Ignition Facility [Paisner, Laser Focus World 30, 75 (1994)].
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