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Experimental testing of thin-shell stable acceleration for ICF schemes with direct and indirect drive

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2009

V. A. Bolotin
Affiliation:
Branch of Kurchatov Atomic Energy Institute, Troitsk, Moscow Region, Russia
I. N. Burdonsky
Affiliation:
Branch of Kurchatov Atomic Energy Institute, Troitsk, Moscow Region, Russia
A. L. Velikovich
Affiliation:
Branch of Kurchatov Atomic Energy Institute, Troitsk, Moscow Region, Russia
V. V. Gavrilov
Affiliation:
Branch of Kurchatov Atomic Energy Institute, Troitsk, Moscow Region, Russia
S. M. Golberg
Affiliation:
Branch of Kurchatov Atomic Energy Institute, Troitsk, Moscow Region, Russia
A. Yu. Goltsov
Affiliation:
Branch of Kurchatov Atomic Energy Institute, Troitsk, Moscow Region, Russia
E. V. Zhuzhukalo
Affiliation:
Branch of Kurchatov Atomic Energy Institute, Troitsk, Moscow Region, Russia
S. V. Zavjalets
Affiliation:
Branch of Kurchatov Atomic Energy Institute, Troitsk, Moscow Region, Russia
V. N. Kondrashov
Affiliation:
Branch of Kurchatov Atomic Energy Institute, Troitsk, Moscow Region, Russia
N. G. Kovalsky
Affiliation:
Branch of Kurchatov Atomic Energy Institute, Troitsk, Moscow Region, Russia
M. I. Pergament
Affiliation:
Branch of Kurchatov Atomic Energy Institute, Troitsk, Moscow Region, Russia
M. O. Koshevoi
Affiliation:
Lebedev Physical Institute, Moscow, Russia
A. A. Rupasov
Affiliation:
Lebedev Physical Institute, Moscow, Russia
A. S. Shikanov
Affiliation:
Lebedev Physical Institute, Moscow, Russia

Abstract

The present review is of the experimental investigations on laser-plasma interaction being carried out in past years at IAE. Experiments were conducted on the “Mishen” facility. The laser system of Mishen consists of two channels with output beam parameters as follows: the main beam—output energy 100–200 J (λ = 1.054 μm) in 3-ns pulse, divergence ∼2 × 10-4 rad, contrast ratio ∼106, power density at the target surface ∼1013–1014 W/cm2; the diagnostic beam–output energy 10–20 J (λ = 1.054 μm) and 5–10 J (λ = 0.53 μm) in 0.3-ns pulse, divergence ∼10-4 rad, power density 1013 - 1014 W/cm2. Our aim in this experiment is to study the different aspects of the ICF processes in flat geometry. The main issues of our studies are hydrodynamic aspects, including acceleration efficiency, high-velocity impact in cascade targets, hydrostability, and X-ray physicsconversion efficiency, heat transfer, and X-ray-driven targets.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1993

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