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Phys Rev Lett. 2011 Feb 25;106(8):085004. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.106.085004. Epub 2011 Feb 25.

Demonstration of ignition radiation temperatures in indirect-drive inertial confinement fusion hohlraums.

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Affiliations

  1. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA.

PMID: 21405580 DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.106.085004

Abstract

We demonstrate the hohlraum radiation temperature and symmetry required for ignition-scale inertial confinement fusion capsule implosions. Cryogenic gas-filled hohlraums with 2.2 mm-diameter capsules are heated with unprecedented laser energies of 1.2 MJ delivered by 192 ultraviolet laser beams on the National Ignition Facility. Laser backscatter measurements show that these hohlraums absorb 87% to 91% of the incident laser power resulting in peak radiation temperatures of T(RAD)=300 eV and a symmetric implosion to a 100 μm diameter hot core.

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