Compact hohlraum configuration with parallel planar-wire-array x-ray sources at the 1.7-MA Zebra generator

Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys. 2014 Dec;90(6):063101. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevE.90.063101. Epub 2014 Dec 2.

Abstract

A compact Z-pinch x-ray hohlraum design with parallel-driven x-ray sources is experimentally demonstrated in a configuration with a central target and tailored shine shields at a 1.7-MA Zebra generator. Driving in parallel two magnetically decoupled compact double-planar-wire Z pinches has demonstrated the generation of synchronized x-ray bursts that correlated well in time with x-ray emission from a central reemission target. Good agreement between simulated and measured hohlraum radiation temperature of the central target is shown. The advantages of compact hohlraum design applications for multi-MA facilities are discussed.