title: High-density carbon capsule experiments on the national ignition facility.
abstract: Indirect-drive implosions with a high-density carbon (HDC) capsule were conducted on the National Ignition Facility (NIF) to test HDC properties as an ablator material for inertial confinement fusion. A series of five experiments were completed with 76-μm-thick HDC capsules using a four-shock laser pulse optimized for HDC. The pulse delivered a total energy of 1.3 MJ with a peak power of 360 TW. The experiment demonstrated good laser to target coupling (∼90%) and excellent nuclear performance. A deuterium and tritium gas-filled HDC capsule implosion produced a neutron yield of 1.6×10^{15}±3×10(13), a yield over simulated in one dimension of 70%.
authors.affiliation: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, P.O. Box 808, Livermore, California 94551, USA.
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authors.affiliation: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, P.O. Box 808, Livermore, California 94551, USA.
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authors.affiliation: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, P.O. Box 808, Livermore, California 94551, USA.
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authors.affiliation: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, P.O. Box 808, Livermore, California 94551, USA.
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authors.affiliation: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, P.O. Box 808, Livermore, California 94551, USA.
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authors.affiliation: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, P.O. Box 808, Livermore, California 94551, USA.
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authors.affiliation: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, P.O. Box 808, Livermore, California 94551, USA.
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authors.affiliation: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, P.O. Box 808, Livermore, California 94551, USA.
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authors.affiliation: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, P.O. Box 808, Livermore, California 94551, USA.
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authors.affiliation: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, P.O. Box 808, Livermore, California 94551, USA.
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authors.lastname: Dewald
authors.affiliation: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, P.O. Box 808, Livermore, California 94551, USA.
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authors.affiliation: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, P.O. Box 808, Livermore, California 94551, USA.
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authors.affiliation: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, P.O. Box 808, Livermore, California 94551, USA.
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authors.affiliation: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, P.O. Box 808, Livermore, California 94551, USA.
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authors.affiliation: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, P.O. Box 808, Livermore, California 94551, USA.
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authors.affiliation: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, P.O. Box 808, Livermore, California 94551, USA.
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authors.affiliation: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, P.O. Box 808, Livermore, California 94551, USA.
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authors.affiliation: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, P.O. Box 808, Livermore, California 94551, USA.
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authors.initials: AJ
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