Lithium beam characterization of cylindrical PBFA II hohlraum experiments

• Published in: International Conference on Plasma Science (papers in summary form only received) p. 221
• Main Authors: Moats, A.R., Derzon, M.S., Chandler, G.A., Haill, T.A., Johnson, D.J., Leeper, R.J., Ruiz, C.L., Wenger, D.F.
• Format: Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: IEEE 1995
• Subjects: Acceleration; Inertial confinement; Ion accelerators; Laboratories; Lithium; Particle accelerators; Particle beam measurements; Particle beams; Titanium; Wires
• ISBN: 0780326695; 9780780326699
• ISSN: 0730-9244; 2576-7208
• DOI: 10.1109/PLASMA.1995.532800

Summary form only given, as follows. Sandia National Laboratories is actively engaged in exploring indirect-drive inertial confinement fusion on the Particle Beam Fusion Accelerator (PBFA II) with pulsed-power accelerated lithium ions as the driver. Experiments utilizing cylindrical hohlraum targets were conducted in 1994. Using the incoming ion beam-induced line radiation from titanium wires surrounding these hohlraums, beam profiles during these experiments have been measured and characterized, these data, their comparison/cross-correlation with particle-based beam diagnostics, and an analysis of the beam parameters that most significantly influence target temperature are presented.