Abstract
The compression in direct-drive, low-adiabat spherical implosions was studied using cryogenic D2 targets on the 60-beam, 351-nm OMEGA laser in the range of laser intensities from ∼3 × 1014 to ∼1.5 × 1015 W/cm2. The neutron-burn - averaged areal densities decreased as the laser intensity increased. This decrease in areal density is highly correlated with the increased hard-x-ray signals, caused by hot electrons generated by the two-plasmon-decay instability. The areal-density reduction up to ∼2, observed in the experiments, requires a preheat energy of ∼60 J (∼0.3% of total laser energy), which is consistent with the estimated preheat levels inferred from the hard-x-ray signal levels. Mitigating the generation of fast-electrons results in high areal densities which are close to the 1D predictions.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 022005 |
Journal | Journal of Physics: Conference Series |
Volume | 112 |
Issue number | Part 2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 12 Jun 2008 |
Externally published | Yes |
Event | 5th International Conference on Inertial Fusion Sciences and Applications, IFSA 2007 - Kobe, Japan Duration: 9 Sep 2007 → 14 Sep 2007 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Physics and Astronomy