Double Z-pinch hohlraum drive with excellent temperature balance for symmetric inertial confinement fusion capsule implosions

Phys Rev Lett. 2002 May 27;88(21):215004. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.88.215004. Epub 2002 May 13.

Abstract

A double Z pinch driving a cylindrical secondary hohlraum from each end has been developed which can indirectly drive intertial confinement fusion capsule implosions with time-averaged radiation fields uniform to 2%-4%. 2D time-dependent view factor and 2D radiation hydrodynamic simulations using the measured primary hohlraum temperatures show that capsule convergence ratios of at least 10 with average distortions from sphericity of <Delta r>/r<or=30% are possible on the Z accelerator and may meet radiation symmetry requirements for scaling to fusion yields of >200 MJ.