Plastic ablator ignition capsule design for the National Ignition Facility

Physics of Plasmas

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2010, Pages

  Clark, Daniel S ^a   Haan, Steven W ^a   Hammel, Bruce A ^a   Salmonson, Jay D ^a   Callahan, Debra A ^a   Town, Richard P J ^a  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABLATORS; CURRENT SIMULATION; DESIGN OPTIMIZATION; FUSION IGNITION; HIGH-DENSITY; IGNITION CAPSULES; IGNITION PROBABILITY; LASER ENERGIES; NATIONAL IGNITION FACILITY; ONE-DIMENSIONAL SIMULATIONS; RAYLEIGH-TAYLOR GROWTH; STATISTICAL BEHAVIOR; TARGET DESIGN; TWO-DIMENSIONAL SIMULATIONS;

BERYLLIUM; IGNITION; OPTIMIZATION; PLASTICS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; SYNTHETIC DIAMONDS; TARGETS;

DESIGN;

EID: 77953002974     PISSN: 1070664X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3403293     Document Type: Conference Paper

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