Imaging of high-energy x-ray emission from cryogenic thermonuclear fuel implosions on the NIF.
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Accurately assessing and optimizing the implosion performance of inertial confinement fusion capsules is a crucial step to achieving ignition on the NIF. We have applied differential filtering (matched Ross filter pairs) to provide broadband time-integrated absolute x-ray self-emission images of the imploded core of cryogenic layered implosions. This diagnostic measures the temperature- and density-sensitive bremsstrahlung emission and provides estimates of hot spot mass, mix mass, and pressure.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- The Review of scientific instruments
دوره 83 10 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2012