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Hot Dense Capsule-Implosion Cores Produced by [Formula presented]-Pinch Dynamic Hohlraum Radiation

Bailey, James E.; Chandler, Gordon A.; Slutz, S.A.; Golovkin, I.; Lake, Patrick W.; Macfarlane, Joseph J.; Mancini, R.C.; Burris-Mog, T.J.; Cooper, G.; Leeper, R.J.; Mehlhorn, T.A.; Moore, T.C.; Nash, Thomas J.; Nielsen, D.S.; Ruiz, Carlos L.; Schroen, D.G.; Varnum, W.A.

Hot dense capsule implosions driven by [Formula presented]-pinch x rays have been measured using a [Formula presented] dynamic hohlraum to implode 1.7–2.1 mm diameter gas-filled CH capsules. The capsules absorbed up to [Formula presented] of x rays. Argon tracer atom spectra were used to measure the [Formula presented] electron temperature and the [Formula presented] electron density. Spectra from multiple directions provide core symmetry estimates. Computer simulations agree well with the peak emission values of [Formula presented], [Formula presented], and symmetry, indicating reasonable understanding of the hohlraum and implosion physics. © 2004 The American Physical Society.