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T.J. Bartel, R.R. Peterson, G.A. Moses
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 10 | Number 3 | November 1986 | Pages 1253-1258
Inertial Confinement Fusion Target and Reaction Chamber Technology | doi.org/10.13182/FST86-A24903
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Two-dimensional radiation hydrodynamic simulations of a light ion fusion target generated microfireball in a stratified gas atmosphere have been performed. The target location in a two region cavity was varied with the intent to reduce the overpressure on the diodes at the walls of a target chamber with a single cavity gas. Helium and nitrogen at 15 torr were used as the cavity gases; target explosions of 200 and 800 MJ were investigated. It was found that placing the target in a helium region surrounded by nitrogen could reduce the overpressure by a factor of 2 when compared with a single gas cavity of nitrogen. The surface heat flux was also reduced from a pure helium gas cavity.