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Radiating shock measurements in the Z-pinch dynamic hohlraum
G A Rochau1, J E Bailey, Y Maron
1Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87185, USA.
Physical Review Letters
|June 4, 2008
Abstract:
The Z-pinch dynamic hohlraum is an x-ray source for high energy-density physics studies that is heated by a radiating shock to radiation temperatures >200 eV. The time-dependent 300-400 eV electron temperature and 15-35 mg/cc density of this shock have been measured for the first time using space-resolved Si tracer spectroscopy. The shock x-ray emission is inferred from these measurements to exceed 50 TW, delivering >180 kJ to the hohlraum.
