Preheat Studies for Foils Accelerated by Ablation due to Laser Irradiation
- 13 October 1980
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 45 (15), 1246-1249
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.45.1246
Abstract
Laser fusion requires the inward acceleration of pellet shells to very high velocity without excessive preheat of the pellet fuel. In a study of ablatively accelerated thin planar Al foils, the complete time history of the rear-surface temperatures has been determined, and the energy transport mechanisms that contribute to the heating have been evaluated.Keywords
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