CO/sub 2/ laser-driven high-density implosion experiments

Journal Article · Wed Apr 01 04:00:00 EST 1981 · Phys. Fluids; (United States)

OSTI ID:6388469

Tan, T H; McCall, G H; Kopp, R; Ganley, T; van Hulsteyn, D; Hauer, A; Williams, A; Mitchell, K; Ladish, J S; Giovanielli, D; Linnebur, E; Fries, R J

Glass microballoons, coated with various thicknesses of plastic ablator and filled with deuterium-tritium gas mixtures, were irradiated with the eight-beam Helios CO/sub 2/ laser. Neutron yield, fuel temperature, compressed fuel density, and implosion time were measured as functions of ablator thickness. Hydrodynamic efficiency and preheating of these targets were estimated. Transition from fuel conditions characteristic of earlier exploding pusher experiments to those characteristic of a more nearly isentropic mode of implosion is illustrated. Fuel densities above 2 g/cm/sup 3/ were achieved.

• Research Organization: Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory, University of California, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545
• OSTI ID: 6388469
• Journal Information: Phys. Fluids; (United States), Journal Name: Phys. Fluids; (United States) Vol. 24:4; ISSN PFLDA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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