Indirectly driven, high convergence inertial confinement fusion implosions

Journal Article · Mon Oct 24 00:00:00 EDT 1994 · Physical Review Letters; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.73.2316· OSTI ID:6836318

Cable, M D; Hatchett, S P; Caird, J A; Kilkenny, J D; Kornblum, H N; Lane, S M; Laumann, C; Lerche, R A; Murphy, T J; Murray, J; Nelson, M B; Phillion, D W; Powell, H; Ress, D B ^[1]

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1. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, P.O. Box 808, Livermore, California 94551 (United States)

A series of high convergence indirectly driven implosions has been done with the Nova Laser Fusion facility. These implosions were well characterized by a variety of measurements; computer models are in good agreement. The imploded fuel areal density was measured using a technique based on secondary neutron spectroscopy. At capsule convergences of 24:1, comparable to what is required for the hot spot of ignition scale capsules, these capsules achieved fuel densities of 19 g/cm[sup 3]. Independent measurements of density, burn duration, and ion temperature gave [ital n][tau][theta]=1.7[plus minus]0.9[times]10[sup 14] keV s/cm[sup 3].

• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-48
• OSTI ID: 6836318
• Journal Information: Physical Review Letters; (United States), Vol. 73:17; ISSN 0031-9007
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY
INERTIAL CONFINEMENT
PLASMA DIAGNOSTICS
LASER IMPLOSIONS
NEUTRON SPECTROSCOPY
ACCURACY
BURNUP
CORRELATIONS
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
HOT SPOTS
IGNITION
ION TEMPERATURE
NOVA FACILITY
PLASMA DENSITY
SECONDARY EMISSION
SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION
THERMONUCLEAR REACTIONS
TIMING PROPERTIES
CONFINEMENT
DATA
DISTRIBUTION
EMISSION
IMPLOSIONS
INFORMATION
NUCLEAR REACTIONS
NUCLEOSYNTHESIS
NUMERICAL DATA
PLASMA CONFINEMENT
SPECTROSCOPY
SYNTHESIS
700320* - Plasma Diagnostic Techniques & Instrumentation- (1992-)
700411 - Inertial Confinement Devices- (1992-)