1. Gated x-ray framing camera image of a direct-drive cylindrical implosion
- Author
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Voss, Sarah A., Barnes, Cris W., Oertel, John A., Watt, Robert G., Boehly, Thomas R., Bradley, David K., Knauer, James P., and Pien, G.
- Subjects
Hydrodynamics -- Research ,X-rays -- Measurement ,Lasers -- Usage ,Business ,Chemistry ,Electronics ,Electronics and electrical industries - Abstract
Gated X-ray images of laser-driven implosions can provide movies of typically 16 frames with ~80 ps time resolution and 10 [[micro]meter] spatial resolution. Cylindrical implosions allow study of convergent hydrodynamics but with excellent diagnostic access down the axis of the cylinder. This example from a recent cylindrical implosion campaign on the OMEGA laser provides quantitative data on the growth of ablative Rayleigh-Taylor instabilities in convergent geometry. Index Terms - Hydrodynamics, imaging/mapping, inertial confinement, X-ray measurements.
- Published
- 1999