Double Z-pinch hohlraum drive with excellent temperature balance for symmetric inertial confinement fusion capsule implosions -: art. no. 215004

A double Z pinch driving a cylindrical secondary hohlraum from each end has been developed which can indirectly drive intertial confinement fusion capsule implosions with time-averaged radiation fields uniform to 2%-4% . 2D time-dependent view factor and 2D radiation hydrodynamic simulations using the measured primary hohlraum temperatures show that capsule convergence ratios of at least 10 with average distortions from sphericity of <Deltar>/rless than or equal to30% are possible on the Z accelerator and may meet radiation symmetry requirements for scaling to fusion yields of >200 MJ .