Radiation drive in laser-heated hohlraums

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作者
Suter, LJ
Kauffman, RL
Darrow, CB
Hauer, AA
Kornblum, H
Landen, OL
Orzechowski, TJ
Phillion, DW
Porter, JL
Powers, LV
Richard, A
Rosen, MD
Thiessen, AR
Wallace, R
机构
[1] LOS ALAMOS NATL LAB, LOS ALAMOS, NM 87545 USA
[2] SANDIA NATL LABS, ALBUQUERQUE, NM 87185 USA
[3] CEA LIMEIL VALENTON, Villeneuve St Georges, FRANCE
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D O I
10.1063/1.872002
中图分类号
O35 [流体力学]; O53 [等离子体物理学];
学科分类号
070204 ; 080103 ; 080704 ;
摘要
Nearly 10 years of Nova [E. M. Campbell, Laser Part. Beams 9, 209 (1991)] experiments and analysis have lead to a relatively detailed quantitative and qualitative understanding of radiation drive in laser-heated hohlraums. Our most successful quantitative modeling tool is two-dimensional (2-D) LASNEX numerical simulations [G. B. Zimmerman and W. L. Kruer, Comments Plasma Phys. Controlled Fusion 2, 51 (1975)]. Analysis of the simulations provides us with insight into the physics of hohlraum drive. In particular we find hohlraum radiation conversion efficiency becomes quite high with longer pulses as the accumulated, high-Z blow-off plasma begins to radiate. Extensive Nova experiments corroborate our quantitative and qualitative understanding. (C) 1996 American Institute of Physics.
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