Numéro
J. Phys. IV France
Volume 133, June 2006
Page(s) 43 - 45
DOI https://doi.org/10.1051/jp4:2006133009
Publié en ligne 16 juin 2006
Inertial Fusion Sciences and Applications 2005
J.-C. Gauthier, et al.
J. Phys. IV France 133 (2006) 43-45

DOI: 10.1051/jp4:2006133009

The first experiments on the national ignition facility

O.L. Landen, S. Glenzer, D. Froula, E. Dewald, L.J. Suter, M. Schneider, D. Hinkel, J. Fernandez1, J. Kline1, S. Goldman1, D. Braun, P. Celliers, S. Moon, H. Robey, N. Lanier1, G. Glendinning, B. Blue, B. Wilde1, O. Jones, J. Schein, L. Divol, D. Kalantar, K. Campbell, J. Holder, J. McDonald, C. Niemann, A. Mackinnon, R. Collins, D. Bradley, J. Eggert, D. Hicks, G. Gregori, R. Kirkwood, C. Niemann, B. Young, J. Foster2, F. Hansen, T. Perry, D. Munro, H. Baldis, G. Grim1, R. Heeter, B. Hegelich1, D. Montgomery1, G. Rochau3, R. Olson3, R. Turner, J. Workman1, R. Berger, B. Cohen, W. Kruer, B. Langdon, S. Langer, N. Meezan, H. Rose1, B. Still, E. Williams, E. Dodd1, J. Edwards, M.-C. Monteil4, M. Stevenson2, B. Thomas2, R. Coker1, G. Magelssen1, P. Rosen2, P. Stry, D. Woods, S. Weber, S. Alvarez, G. Armstrong, R. Bahr5, J.-L. Bourgade4, D. Bower, J. Celeste, M. Chrisp, S. Compton, J. Cox, C. Constantin, R. Costa, J. Duncan, A. Ellis, J. Emig, C. Gautier1, A. Greenwood, R. Griffith, F. Holdner, G. Holtmeier, D. Hargrove, T. James, J. Kamperschroer, J. Kimbrough, M. Landon, D. Lee, R. Malone6, M. May, S. Montelongo, J. Moody, E. Ng, A. Nikitin, D. Pellinen6, K. Piston, M. Poole, V. Rekow, M. Rhodes, R. Shepherd, S. Shiromizu, D. Voloshin, A. Warrick, P. Watts6, F. Weber, P. Young, P. Arnold, L. Atherton, G. Bardsley, R. Bonanno, T. Borger, M. Bowers, R. Bryant, S. Buckman, S. Burkhart, F. Cooper, S. Dixit, G. Erbert, D. Eder, B. Ehrlich, B. Felker, J. Fornes, G. Frieders, S. Gardner, C. Gates, M. Gonzalez, S. Grace, T. Hall, C. Haynam, G. Heestand, M. Henesian, M. Hermann, G. Hermes, S. Huber, K. Jancaitis, S. Johnson, B. Kauffman, T. Kelleher, T. Kohut, A.E. Koniges, T. Labiak, D. Latray, A. Lee, D. Lund, S. Mahavandi, K.R. Manes, C. Marshall, J. McBride, T. McCarville, L. McGrew, J. Menapace, E. Mertens, D. Munro, J. Murray, J. Neumann, M. Newton, P. Opsahl, E. Padilla, T. Parham, G. Parrish, C. Petty, M. Polk, C. Powell, I. Reinbachs, R. Rinnert, B. Riordan, G. Ross, V. Robert, M. Tobin, S. Sailors, R. Saunders, M. Schmitt, M. Shaw, M. Singh, M. Spaeth, A. Stephens, G. Tietbohl, J. Tuck, B. Van Wonterghem, R. Vidal, P. Wegner, P. Whitman, K. Williams, K. Winward, K. Work, R. Wallace, A. Nobile1, M. Bono, B. Day1, J. Elliott, D. Hatch1, H. Louis, R. Manzenares1, D. O'Brien, P. Papin1, T. Pierce1, G. Rivera1, J. Ruppe, D. Sandoval1, D. Schmidt1, L. Valdez1, K. Zapata1, B. MacGowan, M. Eckart, W. Hsing, P. Springer, B. Hammel, E. Moses and G. Miller

1  Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87544, USA
2  Atomic Weapons Establishment, Chilton, UK
3  Sandia National Laboratory, Albuquerque, NM 87185, USA
4  Commissariat à L'Énergie Atomique, Bruyères-Le-Châtel, France
5  Laboratory for Laser Energetics, Rochester, NY 14623, USA
6  Bechtel Nevada, Livermore, CA 94550, USA


Abstract
A first set of shock propagation, laser-plasma interaction, hohlraum energetics and hydrodynamic experiments have been performed using the first 4 beams of the National Ignition Facility (NIF), in support of indirect drive Inertial Confinement Fusion (ICF) and High Energy Density Physics.



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