Recent Progress on Boron-Carbide Ablators for the National Ignition Facility

ORAL

Abstract

This presentation will outline a high-yield boron carbide ablator implosion design as well as recent advancements in target fabrication at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. Boron carbide shares many beneficial characteristics of modern ablators (moderate density, amorphous, low-melting pressure) and has the potential to be highly uniform (that is, no internal defects). We present a high-yield integrated design and analyze its sensitivity to a variety of common perturbations. Progress on fabricating free-standing spherical shells (at scale) will also be shown.

*Prepared by LLNL under Contract DE-AC52-07NA27344.

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Presenters

  • Ryan C Nora

    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Authors

  • Ryan C Nora

    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • Suzanne J Ali

    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
    • Lawrence Livermore Natl Lab

  • Leonardus B Bayu Aji

    • Lawrence Livermore Natl Lab

  • Richard Briggs

    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • Peter M Celliers

    • Lawrence Livermore Natl Lab

  • Tilo Doeppner

    • LLNL
    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • Alison Engwall

    • Lawrence Livermore Natl Lab

  • Denise E Hinkel

    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
    • LLNL

  • Sergei O Kucheyev

    • Lawrence Livermore Natl Lab

  • Paul B Mirkarimi

    • Lawrence Livermore Natl Lab

  • Swanee Shin

    • Lawrence Livermore Natl Lab

  • Gregory Taylor

    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • Jean-Baptiste Forien

    • Lawrence Livermore Natl Lab

  • Jason Merlo

    • Lawrence Livermore Natl Lab

  • Alexander Schwartz

    • Lawrence Livermore Natl Lab