Progress in Cryogenic Target Implosions on OMEGA
Abstract
Cryogenic deuterium-tritium targets are imploded on the OMEGA Laser System in a direct-drive configuration. Areal densities of approximately 200 mg/cm2 have been measured with implosion velocities of 3 × 107 cm/s. These implosions are used to study the dynamics of cryogenic target compression and to develop areal-density diagnostics that will be used as part of the ignition campaign on the National Ignition Facility.
- Publication:
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Edward Teller Lectures: Lasers and Inertial Fusion Energy
- Pub Date:
- October 2016
- DOI:
- 10.1142/9781911299660_0031
- Bibcode:
- 2016life.book..413M