Double-shell-target implosion by four beams from the GEKKO IV laser system

Y. Kitagawa, N. Miyanaga, H. Hama, T. Yabe, K. Fujiwara, Y. Kawai, M. Nakatsuka, T. Norimatsu, Y. Izawa, T. Yamanaka, C. Yamanaka

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Abstract

A double-shell-target implosion was studied with the GEKKO IV glass-laser system. The inner-shell trajectory, recorded for the first time by a newly developed two-frame x-ray shadowgraphy technique, was analyzed by a self-similar flow model, implying more than 20% outer-inner kinetic-energy conversion. The trajectory also agreed with a one-dimensional code result including a vacuum insulation effect. A two-dimensional particle-in-cell simulation analyzed the illumination nonuniformity printed on the inner shell.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)570-573
Number of pages4
JournalPhysical Review Letters
Volume51
Issue number7
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1983

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