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Title: Progress on Converting a NIF Quad to Eight, Petawatt Beams for Advanced Radiography

Abstract

We are converting a quad of NIF beamlines into eight, short-pulse (1-50 ps), petawatt-class beams for advanced radiography and fast ignition experiments. This paper describes progress toward completing this project.

Authors:
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
967276
Report Number(s):
LLNL-PROC-418775
Journal ID: ISSN 1742-6596; TRN: US0904278
DOE Contract Number:  
W-7405-ENG-48
Resource Type:
Conference
Resource Relation:
Journal Volume: 244; Journal Issue: 3; Conference: Presented at: IFSA 2009, San Francisco, CA, United States, Sep 06 - Sep 11, 2009
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
42 ENGINEERING; US NATIONAL IGNITION FACILITY; MODIFICATIONS; BEAM DYNAMICS; INDUSTRIAL RADIOGRAPHY; EXPERIMENT PLANNING

Citation Formats

Crane, J K. Progress on Converting a NIF Quad to Eight, Petawatt Beams for Advanced Radiography. United States: N. p., 2009. Web. doi:10.1088/1742-6596/244/3/032003.
Crane, J K. Progress on Converting a NIF Quad to Eight, Petawatt Beams for Advanced Radiography. United States. https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/244/3/032003
Crane, J K. 2009. "Progress on Converting a NIF Quad to Eight, Petawatt Beams for Advanced Radiography". United States. https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/244/3/032003. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/967276.
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title = {Progress on Converting a NIF Quad to Eight, Petawatt Beams for Advanced Radiography},
author = {Crane, J K},
abstractNote = {We are converting a quad of NIF beamlines into eight, short-pulse (1-50 ps), petawatt-class beams for advanced radiography and fast ignition experiments. This paper describes progress toward completing this project.},
doi = {10.1088/1742-6596/244/3/032003},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/967276}, journal = {},
issn = {1742-6596},
number = 3,
volume = 244,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Oct 19 00:00:00 EDT 2009},
month = {Mon Oct 19 00:00:00 EDT 2009}
}

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