Radiation-driven hydrodynamics of high- hohlraums on the national ignition facility

The first hohlraum experiments on the National Ignition Facility (NIF) using the initial four laser beams tested radiation temperature limits imposed by plasma filling. For a variety of hohlraum sizes and pulse lengths, the measured x-ray flux shows signatures of filling that coincide with hard x-ra...

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Published in:Physical review letters 2005-11, Vol.95 (21), p.215004-215004
Main Authors: Dewald, E L, Suter, L J, Landen, O L, Holder, J P, Schein, J, Lee, F D, Campbell, K M, Weber, F A, Pellinen, D G, Schneider, M B, Celeste, J R, McDonald, J W, Foster, J M, Niemann, C, Mackinnon, A J, Glenzer, S H, Young, B K, Haynam, C A, Shaw, M J, Turner, R E, Froula, D, Kauffman, R L, Thomas, B R, Atherton, L J, Bonanno, R E, Dixit, S N, Eder, D C, Holtmeier, G, Kalantar, D H, Koniges, A E, Macgowan, B J, Manes, K R, Munro, D H, Murray, J R, Parham, T G, Piston, K, Van Wonterghem, B M, Wallace, R J, Wegner, P J, Whitman, P K, Hammel, B A, Moses, E I
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Summary:The first hohlraum experiments on the National Ignition Facility (NIF) using the initial four laser beams tested radiation temperature limits imposed by plasma filling. For a variety of hohlraum sizes and pulse lengths, the measured x-ray flux shows signatures of filling that coincide with hard x-ray emission from plasma streaming out of the hohlraum. These observations agree with hydrodynamic simulations and with an analytical model that includes hydrodynamic and coronal radiative losses. The modeling predicts radiation temperature limits with full NIF (1.8 MJ), greater, and of longer duration than required for ignition hohlraums.
ISSN:0031-9007