Shock timing on the National Ignition Facility: The first precision tuning series

Ignition implosions on the National Ignition Facility (NIF) [Lindl et al., Phys. Plasmas 11, 339 (2004)] are driven with a very carefully tailored sequence of four shock waves that must be timed to very high precision in order to keep the fuel on a low adiabat. The first series of precision tuning e...

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Main Authors: Robey H.F., Celliers P.M., Kline J.L., Mackinnon A.J., Boehly T.R., Landen O.L., Eggert J.H., Hicks D., Pape S. Le, Farley D.R., Bowers M.W., Krauter K.G., Munro D.H., Jones O.S., Milovich J.L., Clark D., Spears B.K., Town R.P. J., Haan S. W., Dixit S., Schneider M.B., Dewald E.L., Widmann K., Moody J.D., Döppner T., Radousky H.B., Nikroo A., Kroll J.J., Hamza A.V., Horner J.B., Bhandarkar S.D., Dzenitis E., Alger E., Giraldez E., Castro C., Moreno K., Haynam C., LaFortune K.N., Widmayer C., Shaw M., Jancaitis K., Parham T., Holunga D.M., Walters C.F., Haid B., Malsbury T., Trummer D., Coffee K.R., Burr B., Berzins L.V., Choate C., Brereton S.J., Azevedo S., Chandrasekaran H., Glenzer S., Caggiano J.A., Knauer J.P., Frenje J.A., Casey D.T., Johnson M. Gatu, Séguin F. H., Young B.K., Edwards M.J., Wonterghem B.M. Van, Kilkenny J., MacGowan B.J., Atherton L.J., Lindl J.D., Meyerhofer D.D., Moses E.
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Language:English
Published: EDP Sciences 2013-11-01
Series:EPJ Web of Conferences
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/20135902005