ICF III: Target Design

Presentations

• Optimizing the NIF ignition point design hohlraum and laser beam focal spot designs

  ORAL

  Nov. 2, 2006, 9:30 AM – Nov. 2, 2006, 9:42 AM

  Authors

  • Debra Callahan

  • Denise Hinkel

  • Larry Suter

  • Paul Wegner

  • Steve Pollaine

  • Nathan Meezan

  • Nino Landen

  • John Lindl

  • Sham Dixit

  • Laurent Divol

  • Ed Williams

  • John Edwards

  • Bruce Langdon

    • LLNL

  • Paul Bradley

    • LANL

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• Lower Temperature Ignition Hohlraums for the National Ignition Facility

  ORAL

  Nov. 2, 2006, 9:42 AM – Nov. 2, 2006, 9:54 AM

  Authors

  • Stephen Pollaine

  • Steven Haan

    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
    • LLNL

  • Larry Suter

  • D.E. Hinkel

  • D. Ho

  • John Lindl

    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

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• Soft x-ray conversion efficiency and x-ray albedo of optimized high-Z cocktail mixtures for indirect drive ICF

  ORAL

  Nov. 2, 2006, 9:54 AM – Nov. 2, 2006, 10:06 AM

  Authors

  • E. Dewald

    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • M. Rosen

  • Larry Suter

  • Jochen Schein

    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • O. Jones

  • J. Albritton

  • James Ross

  • Dustin Froula

    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • Paul Neumayer

  • O. Landen

  • Siegfried Glenzer

    • Lawrence Livermore Nat. Lab.
    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, University of California, P.O. Box 808, Livermore, California, 94551

  • C. Constantin

    • UCLA

  • Frederic Girard

  • Jean-Paul Jadaud

    • CEA, Bruyeres-le-Chatel, France

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• Design of NIF ignition hohlraum with high-density carbon capsule

  ORAL

  Nov. 2, 2006, 10:06 AM – Nov. 2, 2006, 10:18 AM

  Authors

  • O. Jones

  • Darwin D. Ho

  • Debra A. Callahan

  • Denise E. Hinkel

  • Nathan B. Meezan

  • Jose L. Milovich

  • Stephen M. Pollaine

  • Laurance J. Suter

    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

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• The effect of drive symmetry swings on imploded cores of ignition targets

  ORAL

  Nov. 2, 2006, 10:18 AM – Nov. 2, 2006, 10:30 AM

  Authors

  • John Edwards

  • Debbie Callahan

  • O. Jones

  • Shon T. Prisbrey

  • Jose Milovich

  • Don Meeker

  • Dan Kalantar

  • Bob Turner

  • Nobuhiko Izumi

  • R.K. Kirkwood

    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

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• A Computational Study of Re-emission Balls Proposed for the NIF Ignition Symmetry Campaign

  ORAL

  Nov. 2, 2006, 10:30 AM – Nov. 2, 2006, 10:42 AM

  Authors

  • Don Meeker

  • P. Amendt

  • E. Dewald

  • M.J. Edwards

  • J. Milovich

  • L. Suter

    • LLNL

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• Time-dependent radiation drive asymmetry compensation in inertial fusion capsules

  ORAL

  Nov. 2, 2006, 10:42 AM – Nov. 2, 2006, 10:54 AM

  Authors

  • S.A. Slutz

  • Roger Vesey

    • Sandia National Laboratories

  • Mark Herrmann

    • Sandia National Laboratories
    • Sandia National Laboratory

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• Robust beam illumination in heavy ion inertial fusion

  ORAL

  Nov. 2, 2006, 10:54 AM – Nov. 2, 2006, 11:06 AM

  Authors

  • Shigeo Kawata

  • K. Miyazawa

  • T. Someya

  • T. Kikuchi

    • Utsunomiya University, Japan

  • A.I. Ogoyski

    • Varna Tech. University, Bulgaria

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• Controlling the yield of high yield ignition capsules

  ORAL

  Nov. 2, 2006, 11:06 AM – Nov. 2, 2006, 11:18 AM

  Authors

  • Larry Suter

  • Steven Haan

    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
    • LLNL

  • G. Strobel

    • Univ. of Georgia

  • M. Eyler

    • United States Naval Acadamy

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• Progress in Laser-Driven Dynamic Hohlraum Implosions

  ORAL

  Nov. 2, 2006, 11:18 AM – Nov. 2, 2006, 11:30 AM

  Authors

  • R. Towm

    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
    • Lawrence Livermore National Lab
    • LLNL, CA, USA

  • J.A. Frenje

    • MIT

  • R.D. Petrasso

    • MIT

  • S.G. Glendinning

  • J.F. Hansen

    • LLNL

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• Shock Ignition of Thermonuclear Fuel with High Areal Density

  ORAL

  Nov. 2, 2006, 11:30 AM – Nov. 2, 2006, 11:42 AM

  Authors

  • R. Betti

  • K.S. Anderson

  • C. Zhou

    • Fusion Science Center, Laboratory for Laser Energetics, U. of Rochester

  • J. Perkins

  • M. Tabak

  • P. Bedrossian

  • K.N. LaFortune

    • LLNL

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• Shock-Ignited High Gain/Yield Targets for the National Ignition Facility

  ORAL

  Nov. 2, 2006, 11:42 AM – Nov. 2, 2006, 11:54 AM

  Authors

  • L.J. Perkins

  • K.N. LaFortune

  • P. Bedrosiian

  • M. Tabak

  • A. Miles

  • S. Dixit

    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • R. Betti

  • K. Anderson

  • C. Zhou

    • LLE/University of Rochester

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• Simulations of high-gain direct-drive inertial confinement fusion targets

  ORAL

  Nov. 2, 2006, 11:54 AM – Nov. 2, 2006, 12:06 PM

  Authors

  • J.W. Bates

  • A.J. Schmitt

  • S.P. Obenschain

  • D. Colombant

  • S.T. Zalesak

    • Plasma Physics Division, Naval Research Laboratory

  • D.E. Fyfe

    • U.S. Naval Research Laboratory

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• 0.5MJ Targets for an IFE Fusion Test Facility

  ORAL

  Nov. 2, 2006, 12:06 PM – Nov. 2, 2006, 12:18 PM

  Authors

  • K.N. LaFortune

  • L.J. Perkins

  • P. Bedrossian

    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • R. Betti

    • LLE/University of Rochester

  • A. Schmitt

  • S. Obenschain

    • Naval Research Laboratory

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• Development of a Continuous multi-thousand shot electron beam pumped KrF rep-rate laser for fusion energy

  ORAL

  Nov. 2, 2006, 12:18 PM – Nov. 2, 2006, 12:30 PM

  Authors

  • Patrick M. Burns

    • Research Support Instruments, Lanham, MD 20706

  • Matt Myers

  • John D. Sethian

  • Matthew F. Wolford

  • John L. Giuliani

  • Robert H. Lehmberg

    • Plasma Physics Division, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington DC 20375

  • Stuart Searles

    • Research Support Instruments, Lanham, MD 20706

  • Moshe F. Friedman

  • Frank Hegeler

    • Commonwealth Technologies Inc., Alexandria, VA 22315

  • Reginald Jaynes

    • Science Applications International Corporation, McLean, VA 22102

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