Polar direct drive: Proof-of-principle experiments on OMEGA and prospects for ignition on the National Ignition Facility

Physics of Plasmas

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1-8

  Craxton, R S ^a   Marshall, F J ^a   Bonino, M J ^a   Epstein, R ^a   Mckenty, P W ^a   Skupsky, S ^a   Delettrez, J A ^a   Igumenshchev, I V ^a   Jacobs Perkins, D W ^a   Knauer, J P ^a   Marozas, J A ^a   Radha, P B ^a   Seka, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NATIONAL IGNITION FACILITY; OMEGA; POLAR DIRECT DRIVE (PDD); PROOF-OF-PRINCIPLE EXPERIMENTS;

ABSORPTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDRODYNAMICS; LASER APPLICATIONS; LASER BEAM EFFECTS; OPTIMIZATION; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TUNING;

IGNITION;

EID: 20844432047     PISSN: 1070664X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1876252     Document Type: Conference Paper

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