High-Performance Indirect-Drive Cryogenic Implosions at High Adiabat on the National Ignition Facility
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Author(s)
Baker, K. L.
Thomas, C. A.
Casey, D. T.
Khan, S.
Spears, B. K.
Nora, R.
Woods, T.
Milovich, J. L.
Berger, R. L.
Strozzi, D.
Date Issued
September 2018
Journal
Physical Review Letters
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American Physical Society
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Baker, K. L. et al. "High-Performance Indirect-Drive Cryogenic Implosions at High Adiabat on the National Ignition Facility." Physical Review Letters 121, 13 (September 2018): 135001 © 2018 American Physical Society
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Abstract
To reach the pressures and densities required for ignition, it may be necessary to develop an approach to design that makes it easier for simulations to guide experiments. Here, we report on a new short-pulse inertial confinement fusion platform that is specifically designed to be more predictable. The platform has demonstrated 99%+0.5% laser coupling into the hohlraum, high implosion velocity (411 km/s), high hotspot pressure (220+60 Gbar), and high cold fuel areal density compression ratio (>400), while maintaining controlled implosion symmetry, providing a promising new physics platform to study ignition physics.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Plasma Science and Fusion Center
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