Proton Temporal Diagnostic for ICF Experiments on OMEGA
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230 LLE Review, Volume 96 Introduction In an inertial confinement fusion (ICF)1 experiment, a capsule filled with deuterium (D2) or a deuteriumtritium (DT) fuel is heated by either direct laser illumination or soft-x-ray radiation in a laser-heated hohlraum. The target is compressed to conditions under which thermonuclear fusion occurs. The fusion burn begins with spark ignition of the central hot spot2 that is created by shock convergence (shock burn). A burn wave then propagates into the compressed dense fuel regions, releasing energy through fusion reactions (compressive burn).2 Both a high-temperature hot spot and high areal density are necessary in cryogenic DT implosions to ignite the target and achieve high gain.13
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