Hohlraum Symmetry Experiments with Multiple Beam Cones on the Omega Laser Facility
- 6 July 1998
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 81 (1) , 108-111
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.81.108
Abstract
Symmetry experiments have been performed on the Omega laser facility using cylindrical hohlraum targets with as many as 40 beams arranged into multiple beam cones. These experiments constitute a first step in the development of “beam phasing” in which beams are arranged into multiple beam cones, forming multiple rings of beam spots on the inner surface of a cylindrical hohlraum, and demonstrate the ability to model hohlraums incorporating multiple beam cones and to tune the time-integrated capsule flux asymmetry by adjustment of the beam pointing.Keywords
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