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High-density carbon capsule experiments on the national ignition facility.
- Source :
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Physical Review E: Statistical, Nonlinear & Soft Matter Physics . Feb2015, Vol. 91 Issue 2-A, p1-5. 5p. - Publication Year :
- 2015
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Abstract
- Indirect-drive implosions with a high-density carbon (HDC) capsule were conducted on the National Ignition Facility (NIF) to test HDC properties as an ablator material for inertial confinement fusion. A series of five experiments were completed with 76-µm-thick HDC capsules using a four-shock laser pulse optimized for HDC. The pulse delivered a total energy of 1.3 MJ with a peak power of 360 TW. The experiment demonstrated good laser to target coupling (~90%) and excellent nuclear performance. A deuterium and tritium gas-filled HDC capsule implosion produced a neutron yield of 1.6 × 1015 ± 3 × 1013, a yield over simulated in one dimension of 70%. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *CARBON
*INERTIAL confinement fusion
*LASER pulses
*NUCLEAR reactions
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 15393755
- Volume :
- 91
- Issue :
- 2-A
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Physical Review E: Statistical, Nonlinear & Soft Matter Physics
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 101681785
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.91.021101