Direct-drive cryogenic target implosion performance on OMEGA

Physics of Plasmas

Volumn 10, Issue 5 II, 2003, Pages 1937-1945

  Sangster, T C ^a   Delettrez, J A ^a   Epstein, R ^a   Glebov, V Yu ^a   Goncharov, V N ^a   Harding, D R ^a   Knauer, J P ^a   Keck, R L ^a   Kilkenny, J D ^a   Loucks, S J ^a   Lund, L D ^a   McCrory, R L ^a   McKenty, P W ^a   Marshall, F J ^a   Meyerhofer, D D ^a   Morse, S F B ^a   Regan, S P ^a   Radha, P B ^a   Roberts, S ^a   Seka, W ^a   Skupsky, S ^a   Smalyuk, V A ^a   Sorce, C ^a   Soures, J M ^a   Stoeckl, C ^a   Thorp, K ^a   Frenje, J A ^b   Li, C K ^b   Petrasso, R D ^b   Seguin F H ^b   Fletcher, K A ^c   Padalino, S ^c   Freeman, C ^c   Izumi, N ^d   Koch, J A ^d   Lerche, R A ^d   Moran, M J ^d   Phillips, T W ^d   Schmid, G J ^d   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^d LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYOGENIC EQUIPMENT; DEUTERIUM; FERMI LEVEL; IGNITION; INERTIAL CONFINEMENT FUSION; TARGETS; X RAY ANALYSIS;

CRYOGENIC TARGET IMPLOSION;

LASER PULSES;

EID: 0037620290     PISSN: 1070664X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1565116     Document Type: Conference Paper

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