The design and characterization of toroidal-shaped NOVA hohlraums that simulate National Ignition Facility plasma conditions for plasma instability experiments
- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545 (United States)
- Physics International, Los Angeles, California (United States)
Special Nova hohlraums have been designed to simulate the plasma conditions calculated for various NIF hohlraum point designs. These hohlraums attempt to maximize the laser pathlength for parametric instability measurements. A toroidal-shaped hohlraum with a diameter of 3200 microns and a length of 1600 microns allows a laser pathlength of about 2 mm. Filling the hohlraum with 1 atmosphere of neopentane gas gives an electron temperature of 3 keV and electron density near 0.1 of critical. Detailed LASNEX calculations for these hohlraums and comparisons to the NIF point design will be presented. Comparisons between data and calculations that characterize the plasma conditions (electron, radiation, and ion temperatures, electron density, etc.) in these Nova hohlraums will also be shown. {copyright} {ital 1996 American Institute of Physics.}
- Research Organization:
- Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-36
- OSTI ID:
- 397231
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-950476-; ISSN 0094-243X; TRN: 96:029312
- Journal Information:
- AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 369, Issue 1; Conference: 12. international conference on laser interaction and related plasma phenomena, Osaka (Japan), 24-28 Apr 1995; Other Information: PBD: May 1996
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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