Capsule Shimming Developments for National Ignition Facility (NIF) Hohlraum Asymmetry Experiments

Rice, Neal G.; Vu, M.; Kong, C.; Mauldin, M.; Tambazidis, A.; Hoppe Jr, M.; Fitzsimmons, P.; Farrell, Michael; Clark, D.; Dewald, E.; Smalyuk, V.

doi:10.1080/15361055.2017.1389603

Title: Capsule Shimming Developments for National Ignition Facility (NIF) Hohlraum Asymmetry Experiments

Authors:

Rice, Neal G. ^[1]; Vu, M. ^[1]; Kong, C. ^[1]; Mauldin, M. ^[1]; Tambazidis, A. ^[1]; Hoppe Jr, M. ^[1]; Fitzsimmons, P. ^[1]; Farrell, Michael ^[1]; Clark, D. ^[2]; Dewald, E. ^[2]; Smalyuk, V. ^[2]

General Atomics, San Diego, CA (United States)
Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)

Publication Date:: 2017-12-20

Research Org.:: General Atomics, San Diego, CA (United States); Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1402460

Alternate Identifier(s):: OSTI ID: 1458701

Report Number(s):: LLNL-JRNL-736455
Journal ID: ISSN 1536-1055

Grant/Contract Number:: NA0001808; AC52-07NA27344

Resource Type:: Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: Fusion Science and Technology

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 73; Journal Issue: 2; Journal ID: ISSN 1536-1055

Publisher:: American Nuclear Society

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 73 NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS; Hohlraum; National Ignition Facility; capsule shimming

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                    Rice, Neal G., Vu, M., Kong, C., Mauldin, M., Tambazidis, A., Hoppe Jr, M., Fitzsimmons, P., Farrell, Michael, Clark, D., Dewald, E., and Smalyuk, V.. Capsule Shimming Developments for National Ignition Facility (NIF) Hohlraum Asymmetry Experiments.  United States: N. p., 2017. 
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                    Rice, Neal G., Vu, M., Kong, C., Mauldin, M., Tambazidis, A., Hoppe Jr, M., Fitzsimmons, P., Farrell, Michael, Clark, D., Dewald, E., & Smalyuk, V.. Capsule Shimming Developments for National Ignition Facility (NIF) Hohlraum Asymmetry Experiments.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1080/15361055.2017.1389603

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                    Rice, Neal G., Vu, M., Kong, C., Mauldin, M., Tambazidis, A., Hoppe Jr, M., Fitzsimmons, P., Farrell, Michael, Clark, D., Dewald, E., and Smalyuk, V.. Wed .  
"Capsule Shimming Developments for National Ignition Facility (NIF) Hohlraum Asymmetry Experiments".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1080/15361055.2017.1389603.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1402460.

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  title        = {Capsule Shimming Developments for National Ignition Facility (NIF) Hohlraum Asymmetry Experiments},

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  volume       = 73,

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Fig. 1: Modeled implosion comparison using no shim vs. 3 µm shim.

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Machining of Two-Dimensional Sinusoidal Defects on Ignition-Type Capsules to Study Hydrodynamic Instability at the National Ignition Facility journal, September 2016

Fabrication of capsules with angle-dependent gold shims for hohlraum drive symmetry correction journal, May 2005

CH Capsule Fabrication for Ignition Tuning Campaign journal, January 2011

Complete Surface Mapping of ICF Shells journal, March 2004

Surface oxygen micropatterns on glow discharge polymer targets by photo irradiation journal, February 2016

Hydrodynamic instability growth and mix experiments at the National Ignition Facility journal, May 2014

3D Surface Reconstruction of ICF Shells after Full Surface Spheremapping journal, May 2006

Utilizing Conventional Machining Tools with Customized Machining Techniques to Manufacture Multifaceted Targets journal, April 2013

Effects of fuel-capsule shimming and drive asymmetry on inertial-confinement-fusion symmetry and yield journal, March 2016

Mitigating the impact of hohlraum asymmetries in National Ignition Facility implosions using capsule shims journal, July 2016

Polishing and local planarization of plastic spherical capsules using tumble finishing journal, November 2012

Instability growth seeded by DT density perturbations in ICF capsules journal, September 2018

Machining of Two-Dimensional Sinusoidal Defects on Ignition-Type Capsules to Study Hydrodynamic Instability at the National Ignition Facility
journal, September 2016

Fabrication of capsules with angle-dependent gold shims for hohlraum drive symmetry correction
journal, May 2005

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Hydrodynamic instability growth and mix experiments at the National Ignition Facility
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Effects of fuel-capsule shimming and drive asymmetry on inertial-confinement-fusion symmetry and yield
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