Inertial confinement fusion at Los Alamos

Journal Article · Mon Jun 01 04:00:00 EDT 1992 · Journal of Fusion Energy; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01080169· OSTI ID:7369105

Younger, S M ^[1]

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1. Los Alamos National Lab., NM (United States)

The author reviews the work going on at Los Alamos aimed at inertial confinement. The Los Alamos effort has concentrated on target physics recently. In particular targets for indirect drive applications. The program is divided into four parts: target theory and design; target experiments; target fabrication; and laser science. The author reviews these programs briefly, touching on the work being done in each of the areas. Large scale codes have been developed to model implosion physics, and are currently being compared to NOVA shots. In conjunction with Livermore, effort has concentrated on x-ray drive symmetry and hohlraum plasma dynamics. Target diagnostics and construction programs are also being pursued. KrF laser technology is still being developed on a small scale with an 800J, 200ps single sided illumination laser called Mercury.

• OSTI ID: 7369105
• Journal Information: Journal of Fusion Energy; (United States), Journal Name: Journal of Fusion Energy; (United States) Vol. 11:2; ISSN JFENDS; ISSN 0164-0313
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY
700411* -- Inertial Confinement Devices-- (1992-)
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IMPLOSIONS
INDIRECT DRIVE LASER IMPLOSION
INERTIAL CONFINEMENT
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LANL
LASER IMPLOSIONS
LASER TARGETS
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NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
PLASMA CONFINEMENT
TARGETS
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