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Cuneo ME, Vesey RA, Sinars DB, et al. Demonstration of radiation pulse shaping with nested-tungsten-wire-array pinches for high-yield inertial confinement fusion. Phys Rev Lett. 2005;95(18):185001doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.95.185001.
Cuneo, M. E., Vesey, R. A., Sinars, D. B., Chittenden, J. P., Waisman, E. M., Lemke, R. W., Lebedev, S. V., Bliss, D. E., Stygar, W. A., Porter, J. L., Schroen, D. G., Mazarakis, M. G., Chandler, G. A., & Mehlhorn, T. A. (2005). Demonstration of radiation pulse shaping with nested-tungsten-wire-array pinches for high-yield inertial confinement fusion. Physical review letters, 95(18), 185001. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.95.185001
Cuneo, M E, et al. "Demonstration of radiation pulse shaping with nested-tungsten-wire-array pinches for high-yield inertial confinement fusion." Physical review letters vol. 95,18 (2005): 185001. doi: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.95.185001
Cuneo ME, Vesey RA, Sinars DB, Chittenden JP, Waisman EM, Lemke RW, Lebedev SV, Bliss DE, Stygar WA, Porter JL, Schroen DG, Mazarakis MG, Chandler GA, Mehlhorn TA. Demonstration of radiation pulse shaping with nested-tungsten-wire-array pinches for high-yield inertial confinement fusion. Phys Rev Lett. 2005 Oct 28;95(18):185001. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.95.185001. Epub 2005 Oct 25. PMID: 16383907.
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Phys Rev Lett. 2005 Oct 28;95(18):185001. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.95.185001. Epub 2005 Oct 25.

Demonstration of radiation pulse shaping with nested-tungsten-wire-array pinches for high-yield inertial confinement fusion.

Physical review letters

M E Cuneo, R A Vesey, D B Sinars, J P Chittenden, E M Waisman, R W Lemke, S V Lebedev, D E Bliss, W A Stygar, J L Porter, D G Schroen, M G Mazarakis, G A Chandler, T A Mehlhorn

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  1. Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87185-1193, USA.

PMID: 16383907 DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.95.185001

Abstract

Nested wire-array pinches are shown to generate soft x-ray radiation pulse shapes required for three-shock isentropic compression and hot-spot ignition of high-yield inertial confinement fusion capsules. We demonstrate a reproducible and tunable foot pulse (first shock) produced by interaction of the outer and inner arrays. A first-step pulse (second shock) is produced by inner array collision with a central CH2 foam target. Stagnation of the inner array at the axis produces the third shock. Capsules optimized for several of these shapes produce 290-900 MJ fusion yields in 1D simulations.

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