Numéro
J. Phys. IV France
Volume 133, June 2006
Page(s) 919 - 923
DOI https://doi.org/10.1051/jp4:2006133185
Publié en ligne 16 juin 2006
Inertial Fusion Sciences and Applications 2005
J.-C. Gauthier, et al.
J. Phys. IV France 133 (2006) 919-923

DOI: 10.1051/jp4:2006133185

Measurements of gas filled halfraum energetics at the national ignition facility using a single quad

J.L. Kline1, J.C. Fernández1, S.R. Goldman1, D. Braun2, O. Landen2, C. Niemann2, D.C. Gautier1, B.M. Hegelich1, D.S. Montgomery1, N.E. Lanier1, H.A. Rose1, J.B. Workman1, K. Campbell2, J. Celeste2, E. Dewald2, S. Glenzer2, D. Hinkel2, J. Holder2, D. Kalantar2, J. Kamperschroer2, J. Kimbrough2, R. Kirkwood2, F.D. Lee2, B. MacGowan2, A. MacKinnon2, J. McDonald2, J. Schein2, M. Schneider2, L. Suter2 and B. Young2

1  PO Box 1663, MS E526, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545, USA
2  PO Box 808, L-481, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA 94550, USA


Abstract
Gas filled halfraum experiments were conducted at the National Ignition Facility which provided an excellent test of the tools needed to understand halfraum energetics in an ignition relevant regime. The experiments used a highly shaped laser pulse and measured large levels of backscattered laser energy. These two components challenge the ability of radiation hydrodynamic simulations to model the experiments. The results show good agreement between experimental measurements and simulations.



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