THEORETICAL INTERPRETATION OF EXPLODING PUSHER LASER FUSION EXPERIMENTS

被引:9
作者
GOLDMAN, EB [1 ]
DELETTREZ, JA [1 ]
THORSOS, EI [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV ROCHESTER,LASER ENERGET LAB,ROCHESTER,NY 14627
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D O I
10.1088/0029-5515/19/5/001
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
The implosion of neon-filled glass microballoons has been examined via numerical simulations using a one-dimensional Lagrangian hydrodynamic code. Comparison has been made to experiments performed on a four-beam neodymium glass laser system using an array of diagnostics including X-ray pinhole cameras and soft-X-ray spectrometers. Interpretation of the results obtained here leads to the conclusion that the electron thermal transport is strongly inhibited and that energy transport is dominated by suprathermal electrons producing an explosive pusher implosion. © 1979 IOP Publishing Ltd.
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页数:15
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