Abstract:The first observation of the beta-layering phenomenon showed that it was possible to fabricate inertial confinement fusion (ICF) targets having an outer ablating shell surrounding a symmetric solid layer of DT fusion fuel. The sensitivity of fusion yield to the internal DT ice roughness is a function of many factors, one of which is the relatively low density of solid DT (0.25 g/cm 3 ), leading to a high Atwood number for the ablator/fuel interface. This is one of the issues that has led us to consider other D… Show more
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