Final Activities for NLUF Grant "Examination of the cone in shell tartget compression concept for Asymmetric Fast Ignition"

Technical Report · Wed Mar 02 00:00:00 EST 2005

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/837298· OSTI ID:837298

Stephens, R B

In an x-ray driven reentrant cone fast ignition target the x-ray spectrum contains a high energy component that causes preheating of the reentrant cone and mixing of gold into the collapsing shell. Direct laser drive might avoid this problem.

• Research Organization: R.B. Stephens/ General Atomics
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Science (SC)
• DOE Contract Number: FG03-01SF22229
• OSTI ID: 837298
• Report Number(s): DOE/SF/22229-1; TRN: US0701846
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY
COMPRESSION
CONES
GOLD
HEAT TREATMENTS
IGNITION
LASERS
TARGETS
Inertial Fusion
Fast Ignition
X-ray drive
Target Hydrodynamics