The current capsule target design for the first ignition experiments at the NIF Facility beginning in 2009 will be a copper-doped beryllium capsule, roughly 2 mm in diameter with 160-{micro}m walls. The capsule will have a 75-{micro}m layer of solid DT on the inside surface, and the capsule will driven with x-rays generated from a gold/uranium cocktail hohlraum. The design specifications are extremely rigorous, particularly with respect to interfaces, which must be very smooth to inhibit Rayleigh-Taylor instability growth. This paper outlines the current design, and focuses on the challenges and advances in capsule fabrication and characterization; hohlraum fabrication, and D-T layering and characterization.
Cook, R C, Kozioziemski, B J, Nikroo, A, Wilkens, H L, Bhandarkar, S, Forsman, A C, Haan, S W, Hoppe, M L, Huang, H, Mapoles, E, Moody, J D, Sater, J D, Seugling, R M, Stephens, R B, Takagi, M, & Xu, H W (2007). National Ignition Facility Target Design and Fabrication. , 26(3). https://doi.org/10.1017/S0263034608000499
Cook, R C, Kozioziemski, B J, Nikroo, A, et al., "National Ignition Facility Target Design and Fabrication," 26, no. 3 (2007), https://doi.org/10.1017/S0263034608000499
@conference{osti_924012,
author = {Cook, R C and Kozioziemski, B J and Nikroo, A and Wilkens, H L and Bhandarkar, S and Forsman, A C and Haan, S W and Hoppe, M L and Huang, H and Mapoles, E and others},
title = {National Ignition Facility Target Design and Fabrication},
annote = {The current capsule target design for the first ignition experiments at the NIF Facility beginning in 2009 will be a copper-doped beryllium capsule, roughly 2 mm in diameter with 160-{micro}m walls. The capsule will have a 75-{micro}m layer of solid DT on the inside surface, and the capsule will driven with x-rays generated from a gold/uranium cocktail hohlraum. The design specifications are extremely rigorous, particularly with respect to interfaces, which must be very smooth to inhibit Rayleigh-Taylor instability growth. This paper outlines the current design, and focuses on the challenges and advances in capsule fabrication and characterization; hohlraum fabrication, and D-T layering and characterization.},
doi = {10.1017/S0263034608000499},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/924012},
issn = {ISSN 0263-0346},
number = {3},
volume = {26},
place = {United States},
organization = {Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA},
year = {2007},
month = {12}}