WO21.3 Direct Drive Reentrant Cone Targets for Fast Ignition
Targets designed for fast ignition must have clear access for the ignitor laser to the compressed core. This is provided in current concepts by embedding a reentrant cone in the shell, the tip of the cone close to the center of the shell. We have designed a gas-tight direct-drive FI target as the first step in developing a FI ignition target, and have studied its implosion dynamics at Omega with back-lit and self-emission framing cameras. A step in the cone surface, and Al on the shell was required to make the assembly gas-tight; these assemblies withstood >10 atm and had a typical pressure half-life of 2-6 hrs. The implosion of these targets was substantially different from that of previous indirect drive targets; there was much less vaporization of the Au cone, much clearer structure in the collapsing shells, and a possibility that the hot core could escape around the cone rather than punch in its tip. Additionally self-emission images show the heating of the core gas, and its effect on the cone tip. These results will be compared to simulations.
- Research Organization:
- Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- US Department of Energy (US)
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-48
- OSTI ID:
- 15005825
- Report Number(s):
- UCRL-JC-152045; TRN: US0400207
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: Third International Conference on Inertial Fusion Sciences and Applications, Monterey, CA (US), 09/07/2003--09/12/2003; Other Information: PBD: 23 Aug 2003
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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