Development of a Z-pinch-driven ICF hohlraum concept on Z

Author

Cuneo, M.E. ; Porter, J.L. ; Vesey, R.A. ; Ruggles, L.E. ; Simpson, W.W. ; Vargas, M. ; Hanson, D.L. ; Nash ; Chandler, G.A. ; Asay, J.R. ; Hall, C.A. ; Deeney, C. ; Spielman, R.B. ; Hammer, J.H. ; Toor, Anju ; Landen, O. ; Koch, Jurgen

Author_Institution

Sandia Nat. Labs., Livermore, CA, USA

fYear

1999

Firstpage

121

Abstract

Summary form only given. Recent development of high power Z-pinches (>150 TW) on the Z driver has permitted the study of high-temperature, radiation-driven hohlraums. Three complementary, Z-pinch source-hohlraum-ICF capsule configurations are being developed to harness the X-ray output of these Z-pinch´s. These are the dynamic-hohlraum, static-wall hohlraum, and Z-pinch-driven hohlraum concepts. Each has different potential strengths and concerns. In this paper, we report on the first experiments with the Z-pinch-driven hohlraum (ZPDH) concept. A high-yield ICF capsule design for this concept appears feasible, when driven by Z-pinches from a 60 MA-class driver.

Keywords

Z pinch; plasma inertial confinement; 150 TW; 60 MA; Z-pinch-driven ICF hohlraum; dynamic-hohlraum; high-temperature radiation-driven hohlraums; high-yield ICF capsule design; static-wall hohlraum; Inertial confinement; Laboratories; Physics; Plasma measurements; Plasma stability; Plasma temperature; Plasma transport processes; Plasma x-ray sources; Predictive models; Smoothing methods;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Plasma Science, 1999. ICOPS '99. IEEE Conference Record - Abstracts. 1999 IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Monterey, CA, USA

ISSN

0730-9244

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5224-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PLASMA.1999.829336

Filename

829336