Multi-keV x-ray sources from metal-lined cylindrical hohlraums

As multi-keV x-ray sources, plastic hohlraums with inner walls coated with titanium, copper, and germanium have been fired on Omega in September 2009. For all the targets, the measured and calculated multi-keV x-ray power time histories are in a good qualitative agreement. In the same irradiation co...

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Published in:Physics of plasmas 2012-08, Vol.19 (8)
Main Authors: Jacquet, L., Girard, F., Primout, M., Villette, B., Stemmler, Ph
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
CALCULATION METHODS
COATINGS
Computation
CONVERSION
COPPER
CYLINDRICAL CONFIGURATION
EMISSIVITY
GERMANIUM
Hohlraums
IRRADIATION
KEV RANGE
LASER CAVITIES
MATERIALS SCIENCE
MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS
Mathematical models
OMEGA FACILITY
PLASTICS
THERMAL EQUILIBRIUM
TITANIUM
X RAYS
X-RAY SOURCES
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Summary:As multi-keV x-ray sources, plastic hohlraums with inner walls coated with titanium, copper, and germanium have been fired on Omega in September 2009. For all the targets, the measured and calculated multi-keV x-ray power time histories are in a good qualitative agreement. In the same irradiation conditions, measured multi-keV x-ray conversion rates are ∼6%-8% for titanium, ∼2% for copper, and ∼0.5% for germanium. For titanium and copper hohlraums, the measured conversion rates are about two times higher than those given by hydroradiative computations. Conversely, for the germanium hohlraum, a rather good agreement is found between measured and computed conversion rates. To explain these findings, multi-keV integrated emissivities calculated with RADIOM [M. Busquet, Phys. Fluids 85, 4191 (1993)], the nonlocal-thermal-equilibrium atomic physics model used in our computations, have been compared to emissivities obtained from different other models. These comparisons provide an attractive way to explain the discrepancies between experimental and calculated quantitative results.
ISSN:1070-664X
1089-7674
DOI:10.1063/1.4746031