Laser Absorption, Mass Ablation Rate, and Shock Heating in Direct-Drive Inertial Confinement Fusion

Conference · Tue Apr 24 00:00:00 EDT 2007 · Physics of Plasmas

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2671690· OSTI ID:902515

Regan, S P ^[1]; Epstein, R; Goncharov, V N; Igumenshchev, I V; Li, D; Radha, P B; Sawada, H; Seka, W; Boehly, T R; Delettrez, J A; Gotchev, O V; Knauer, J P; Marozas, J A; Marshall, F J; McCrory, R L; McKenty, P W; Meyerhofer, D D; Sangster, T C; Shvarts, D; Skupsky, S ; Smalyuk, V A; Yaakobi, B; Mancini, R C

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1. Laboratory for Laser Energetics, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY

Direct-drive laser absorption, mass ablation rate, and shock heating are experimentally studied on the OMEGA Laser System to validate hydrodynamics simulations.

• Research Organization: Laboratory for Laser Energetics, University of Rochester
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: FC52-92SF19460
• OSTI ID: 902515
• Report Number(s): DOE/SF/19460-743; 2006-119; 1705
• Journal Information: Physics of Plasmas, Journal Name: Physics of Plasmas Vol. 14
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY
ABLATION
ABSORPTION
DIRECT DRIVE ICF
HYDRODYNAMICS
INERTIAL CONFINEMENT
LASERS
PHYSICS
PLASMA
SHOCK HEATING