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R. J. Leeper, T. E. Alberts, J. R. Asay,
P. M. Baca, K. L. Baker, S. P. Breeze,
G. A. Chandler, D. L. Cook, G. W. Cooper, C. Deeney,
M. S. Derzon, M. R. Douglas, D. L. Fehl,
T. Gilliland, D. E. Hebron, M. J. Hurst, D. O. Jobe,
J. W. Kellogg, J. S. Lash, S. E. Lazier,
M. K. Matzen, T. A. Mehlhorn, D. H. McDaniel,
J. S. McGurn, A. R. Moats, R. C. Mock, D. J. Muron,
T. J. Nash, R. E. Olson, J. L. Porter,
J. P. Quintenz, P. V. Reyes, L. E. Ruggles,
C. L. Ruiz, F. A. Schmidlapp, J. F. Seamen,
R. B. Spielman, T. W. L. Sanford, M. A. Stark,
K. W. Struve, W. A. Stygar, D. R. Tibbetts-Russell,
J. A. Torres, M. Vargas, T. C. Wagoner, and
C. Wakefield
Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico USA
J. H. Hammer, D. D. Ryutov, M. Tabak, and
S. C. Wilks
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California USA
R. L. Bowers, K. D. McLenithan, and D. L. Peterson
Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico USA
Abstract. Three hohlraum concepts are being pursued at Sandia National
Laboratories (SNL) to investigate the possibility of using pulsed power
driven magnetic implosions (z-pinches) to drive high gain targets capable of
yields in the range of 200-1000 MJ. This research is being conducted on
SNL's Z facility that is capable of driving peak currents of 20 MA in
z-pinch loads producing implosion velocities as high as
7.5×107
cm/s, x-ray energies approaching 2 MJ, and x-ray powers exceeding 200 TW.
This paper will discuss each of these hohlraum concepts and will overview
the experiments that have been conducted on these systems to date.
IAEA 2001
