High-power laser source evaluation

Technical Report · Tue Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 1997

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/305836· OSTI ID:305836

Back, C A; Decker, C D; Dipeso, G J; Gerassimenko, M; Managan, R A; Serduke, F J.D.; Simonson, G F; Suter, L J

This document reports progress in these areas: EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS FROM NOVA: TAMPED XENON UNDERDENSE X-RAY EMITTERS; MODELING MULTI-KEV RADIATION PRODUCTION OF XENON-FILLED BERYLLIUM CANS; MAPPING A CALCULATION FROM LASNEX TO CALE; HOT X RAYS FROM SEEDED NIF CAPSULES; HOHLRAUM DEBRIS MEASUREMENTS AT NOVA; FOAM AND STRUCTURAL RESPONSE CALCULATIONS FOR NIF NEUTRON EXPOSURE SAMPLE CASE ASSEMBLY DESIGN; NON-IGNITION X-RAY SOURCE FLUENCE-AREA PRODUCTS FOR NUCLEAR EFFECTS TESTING ON NIF. Also appended are reprints of two papers. The first is on the subject of ``X-Ray Production in Laser-Heated Xe Gas Targets.`` The second is on ``Efficient Production and Applications of 2- to 10-keV X Rays by Laser-Heated Underdense Radiators.``

• Research Organization: Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-48
• OSTI ID: 305836
• Report Number(s): UCRL-ID-129096; ON: DE98054469; BR: DP0101022; TRN: 99:002065
• Resource Relation: Other Information: PBD: Jul 1997
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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