Abstract
The material release on the side opposite to the laser drive of a CH shell was probed at conditions relevant to inertial confinement fusion. The release was found to expand further with a longer scale length than that predicted by radiation-hydrodynamic simulations. The simulations show that a relaxation of the back side of the shell consistent with measurements explains the experimentally observed reduction in inertial confinement fusion implosion performance—specifically, reduced areal density at peak compression.
- Received 22 July 2019
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.123.235001
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