Author :
Leeper, R.J. ; Alberts, T.E. ; Allshouse, G.A. ; Aubert, J.H. ; Baca, P. ; Baca, P.M. ; Bailey, J.E. ; Barber, T.L. ; Breeze, S.P. ; Carlson, A.L. ; Chandler, G.A. ; Cook, D.L. ; Derzon, M.S. ; Douglas, M.R. ; Dukart, R.J. ; Fehl, D.L. ; Gilliland, T. ; H
Abstract :
Three pulsed power driven hohlraum concepts are being investigated at Sandia National Laboratories. These hohlraums are driven by intense proton and Li ion beams as well as by two different types of z-pinch x-ray sources. This paper will be an overview of the experiments that have been conducted on these hohlraum systems and will discuss several new and novel hohlraum characterization diagnostics that have been developed for this work. These diagnostics include an active shock breakout measurement of hohlraum temperature and a new transmission grating spectrograph for detailed thermal radiation spectral measurements.
