Indirectly driven, high convergence inertial confinement fusion implosions

A series of high convergence indirectly driven implosions has been done with the Nova Laser Fusion facility. These implosions were well characterized by a variety of measurements; computer models are in good agreement. The imploded fuel areal density was measured using a technique based on secondary...

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Published in:Physical review letters 1994-10, Vol.73 (17), p.2316-2319
Main Authors: Cable, MD, Hatchett, SP, Caird, JA, Kilkenny, JD, Kornblum, HN, Lane, SM, Laumann, C, Lerche, RA, Murphy, TJ, Murray, J, Nelson, MB, Phillion, DW, Powell, H, Ress, DB
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Language:English
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70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY
700411 > Inertial Confinement Devices-- (1992-)
ACCURACY
BURNUP
CONFINEMENT
CORRELATIONS
DATA
DISTRIBUTION
EMISSION
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
HOT SPOTS
IGNITION
IMPLOSIONS
INERTIAL CONFINEMENT
INFORMATION
ION TEMPERATURE
LASER IMPLOSIONS
NEUTRON SPECTROSCOPY
NOVA FACILITY
NUCLEAR REACTIONS
NUCLEOSYNTHESIS
NUMERICAL DATA
PLASMA CONFINEMENT
PLASMA DENSITY
PLASMA DIAGNOSTICS
SECONDARY EMISSION
SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION
SPECTROSCOPY
SYNTHESIS 700320 > Plasma Diagnostic Techniques & Instrumentation-- (1992-)
THERMONUCLEAR REACTIONS
TIMING PROPERTIES
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Summary:A series of high convergence indirectly driven implosions has been done with the Nova Laser Fusion facility. These implosions were well characterized by a variety of measurements; computer models are in good agreement. The imploded fuel areal density was measured using a technique based on secondary neutron spectroscopy. At capsule convergences of 24:1, comparable to what is required for the hot spot of ignition scale capsules, these capsules achieved fuel densities of 19 g/cm[sup 3]. Independent measurements of density, burn duration, and ion temperature gave [ital n][tau][theta]=1.7[plus minus]0.9[times]10[sup 14] keV s/cm[sup 3].
ISSN:0031-9007
1079-7114
DOI:10.1103/physrevlett.73.2316