Quantified reduction of wall material influx during Hohlraum experiments

Journal Article · Fri Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 2004 · Review of Scientific Instruments

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1787925· OSTI ID:20641196

Batha, Steven H; Fincke, James R ^[1]

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1. Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87544 (United States)

Heating the gold walls of a Hohlraum with intense laser beams produces a rapidly expanding gold plasma. Eventually, the wall material will converge on the axis of the Hohlraum with a density sufficient to be opaque to any standard radiography source. The gold expansion makes radiography of the back wall through the laser entrance hole of a Hohlraum driven from one side difficult. This experiment demonstrates a reduction of Au influx when the Hohlraum walls are coated with 0.44 {mu}m of parylene-N. The reduction is quantified, using an x-ray framing camera, in a cylindrical Hohlraum driven by 6.8 kJ of laser light.

• OSTI ID: 20641196
• Journal Information: Review of Scientific Instruments, Vol. 75, Issue 10; Conference: 15. topical conference on high temperature plasma diagnostics, San Diego, CA (United States), 19-22 Apr 2004; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.1787925; (c) 2004 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0034-6748
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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