Measurement of radiation symmetry in Z-pinch-driven hohlraums
| Autor: | Roger Alan Vesey, D. E. Hebron, H. Seaman, Gordon A. Chandler, Jose A. Torres, T. L. Gilliland, Diana Grace Schroen, John L. Porter, J. S. McGurn, L. E. Ruggles, David Lester Hanson, M. E. Cuneo, Walter W. Simpson, J. H. Hammer, Guy R. Bennett, S. C. Dropinski |
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| Rok vydání: | 2002 |
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| Zdroj: | Physics of Plasmas. 9:2173-2181 |
| ISSN: | 1089-7674 1070-664X |
| Popis: | The Z-pinch-driven hohlraum (ZPDH) [J. H. Hammer et al., Phys. Plasmas 6, 2129 (1999)] is a promising approach to high yield inertial confinement fusion currently being characterized in experiments on the Sandia Z accelerator [M. E. Cuneo et al., Phys. Plasmas 8, 2257 (2001)]. Simulations show that capsule radiation symmetry, a critical issue in ZPDH design, is governed primarily by hohlraum geometry, dual-pinch power balance, and pinch timing. In initial symmetry studies on Z without the benefit of a laser backlighter, highly-asymmetric pole-hot and equator-hot single Z-pinch hohlraum geometries were diagnosed using solid low density foam burnthrough spheres. These experiments demonstrated effective geometric control and prediction of polar flux symmetry at the level where details of the Z-pinch implosion and other higher order effects are not critical. Radiation flux symmetry achieved in Z double-pinch hohlraum configurations exceeds the measurement sensitivity of this self-backlit foam ball symmetry di... |
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