Publications

Scaling and optimization of the radiation temperature in dynamic hohlraums

Slutz, Stephen A.; Douglas, Melissa R.; Lash, Joel S.; Vesey, Roger A.; Chandler, Gordon A.; Nash, Thomas J.; Derzon, Mark S.

The authors have constructed a quasi-analytic model of the dynamic hohlraum. Solutions only require a numerical root solve, which can be done very quickly. Results of the model are compared to both experiments and full numerical simulations with good agreement. The computational simplicity of the model allows one to find the behavior of the hohlraum temperature as a function the various parameters of the system and thus find optimum parameters as a function of the driving current. The model is used to investigate the benefits of ablative standoff and axial convergence.