title: Fusion yield enhancement in magnetized laser-driven implosions.
abstract: Enhancement of the ion temperature and fusion yield has been observed in magnetized laser-driven inertial confinement fusion implosions on the OMEGA Laser Facility. A spherical CH target with a 10 atm D2 gas fill was imploded in a polar-drive configuration. A magnetic field of 80 kG was embedded in the target and was subsequently trapped and compressed by the imploding conductive plasma. As a result of the hot-spot magnetization, the electron radial heat losses were suppressed and the observed ion temperature and neutron yield were enhanced by 15% and 30%, respectively.
authors.affiliation: Fusion Science Center, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14623, USA.
authors.forename: P Y
authors.initials: PY
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Fiksel
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hohenberger
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Knauer
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Betti
authors.forename: F J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Marshall
authors.forename: D D
authors.initials: DD
authors.lastname: Meyerhofer
authors.forename: F H
authors.initials: FH
authors.lastname: Séguin
authors.forename: R D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Petrasso