Numerical simulation of plasma implosion due to radiation heating of the inlet-hole walls of a hohlraum target

Abstract

This paper deMs with a numerical simulation of plasma flows produced when heating the inlet-hole walls of a hohlraum target by x-ray radiation. Results of one-dimensional numerical calculation are presented ibr the interaction of ablated plasma flows with an internal transverse magnetic field or with subcritical plasma contained in the target cavity. The calculations confirm the possibility of plasma-flow suppression during the time of laser-pulse action.