Compression of two-layer targets with gaseous DT and neon at the PROGRESS installation
Anuchin M. G., Borodin V. G., Gorokhov A. A., D'yakonov G. P., Zapysov A. L., Izrailev I. M., Komarov V. N., Kryuchenkov V. B., Podgornov V. A., Pokrovskii V. G., Charukhchev A. V.
The stability of the compression of jacketed glass targets with an aluminum layer on the outer surface, filled with gaseous DT with a Ne admixture, has been studied in experiments on the high-power six-channel PROGRESS laser installation. Images of the laser plasma in x-ray lines of multiply charged aluminum, silicon, and neon ions and also in the x-ray continuum are compared. The data from the x-ray measurements, combined with measurements of the absorbed energy in the neutron yield, are compared with the results of gas-dynamics calculations by the Zarya program.