The National Direct-Drive Program: OMEGA to the National Ignition Facility

S. P. Regan; V. N. Goncharov; T. C. Sangster; E. M. Campbell; R. Betti; K. S. Anderson; T. Bernat; A. Bose; T. R. Boehly; M. J. Bonino; D. Cao; R. Chapman; T. J. B. Collins; R. S. Craxton; A. K. Davis; J. A. Delettrez; D. H. Edgell; R. Epstein; M. Farrell; C. J. Forrest; J. A. Frenje; D. H. Froula; M. Gatu Johnson; C. Gibson; V. Yu. Glebov; A. Greenwood; D. R. Harding; M. Hohenberger; S. X. Hu; H. Huang; J. Hund; I. V. Igumenshchev; D. W. Jacobs-Perkins; R. T. Janezic; M. Karasik; R. L. Keck; J. H. Kelly; T. J. Kessler; J. P. Knauer; T. Z. Kosc; S. J. Loucks; J. A. Marozas; F. J. Marshall; R. L. McCrory; P. W. McKenty; D. D. Meyerhofer; D. T. Michel; J. F. Myatt; S. P. Obenschain; R. D. Petrasso; N. Petta; P. B. Radha; M. J. Rosenberg; A. J. Schmitt; M. J. Schmitt; M. Schoff; W. Seka; W. T. Shmayda; M. J. Shoup, III; A. Shvydky; A. A. Solodov; C. Stoeckl; W. Sweet; C. Taylor; R. Taylor; W. Theobald; J. Ulreich; M. D. Wittman; K. M. Woo; J. D. Zuegel

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The National Direct-Drive Program: OMEGA to the National Ignition Facility

S. P. Regan, V. N. Goncharov, T. C. Sangster, E. M. Campbell, R. Betti, K. S. Anderson, T. Bernat, A. Bose, T. R. Boehly, M. J. Bonino, D. Cao, R. Chapman, T. J. B. Collins, R. S. Craxton, A. K. Davis, J. A. Delettrez, D. H. Edgell, R. Epstein, M. Farrell, C. J. Forrest, J. A. Frenje, D. H. Froula, M. Gatu Johnson, C. Gibson, V. Yu. Glebov, A. Greenwood, D. R. Harding, M. Hohenberger, S. X. Hu, H. Huang, J. Hund, I. V. Igumenshchev, D. W. Jacobs-Perkins, R. T. Janezic, M. Karasik, R. L. Keck, J. H. Kelly, T. J. Kessler, J. P. Knauer, T. Z. Kosc, S. J. Loucks, J. A. Marozas, F. J. Marshall, R. L. McCrory, P. W. McKenty, D. D. Meyerhofer, D. T. Michel, J. F. Myatt, S. P. Obenschain, R. D. Petrasso, N. Petta, P. B. Radha, M. J. Rosenberg, A. J. Schmitt, M. J. Schmitt, M. Schoff, W. Seka, W. T. Shmayda, M. J. Shoup, III, A. Shvydky, A. A. Solodov, C. Stoeckl, W. Sweet, C. Taylor, R. Taylor, W. Theobald, J. Ulreich, M. D. Wittman, K. M. Woo, J. D. Zuegel

Fusion Science and Technology / Volume 73 / Number 2 / March 2018 / Pages 89-97

Technical Paper / dx.doi.org/10.1080/15361055.2017.1397487

Received:August 8, 2017

Accepted:October 16, 2017

Published:February 15, 2018

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The goal of the National Direct-Drive Program is to demonstrate and understand the physics of laser direct drive (LDD). Efforts are underway on OMEGA for the 100-Gbar Campaign to demonstrate and understand the physics for hot-spot conditions and formation relevant for ignition at the 1-MJ scale, and on the National Ignition Facility to develop an understanding of the direct-drive physics at long scale lengths for the MJ Direct-Drive Campaign. The strategy of the National Direct-Drive Program is described; the requirements for the deuterium-tritium cryogenic fill-tube target being developed for OMEGA are presented; and preliminary LDD implosion measurements of hydrodynamic mixing seeded by laser imprint, the target-mounting stalk, and microscopic surface debris are reported.