Shock timing on the National Ignition Facility: First experiments

An experimental campaign to tune the initial shock compression sequence of capsule implosions on the National Ignition Facility (NIF) was initiated in late 2010. The experiments use a NIF ignition-scale hohlraum and capsule that employs a re-entrant cone to provide optical access to the shocks as th...

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Main Authors: Celliers P.M., Robey H.F., Boehly T.R., Alger E., Azevedo S., Berzins L.V., Bhandarkar S.D., Bowers M.W., Brereton S.J., Callahan D., Castro C., Chandrasekaran H., Choate C., Clark D.S., Coffee K.R., Datte P.S., Dewald E.L., DiNicola P., Dixit S., Döppner T., Dzenitis E., Edwards M.J., Eggert J.H., Fair J., Farley D.R., Frieders G., Gibson C.R., Giraldez E., Haan S., Haid B., Hamza A.V., Haynam C., Hicks D.G., Holunga D.M., Horner J.B., Jancaitis K., Jones O.S., Kalantar D., Kline J.L., Krauter K.G., Kroll J.J., LaFortune K.N., Pape S. Le, Malsbury T., Mapoles E.R., Meezan N.B., Milovich J.L., Moody J.D., Moreno K., Munro D.H., Nikroo A., Olson R.E., Parham T., Pollaine S., Radousky H.B., Ross G.F., Sater J., Schneider M.B., Shaw M., Smith R.F., Sterne P.A., Thomas C.A., Throop A., Town R.P.J., Trummer D., Wonterghem B.M. Van, Walters C.F., Widmann K., Widmayer C., Young B.K., Atherton L.J., Collins G.W., Landen O.L., Lindl J.D., MacGowan B.J., Meyerhofer D.D., Moses E.I.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: EDP Sciences 2013-11-01
Series:EPJ Web of Conferences
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/20135902004

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