LMJ ignition target, evolutions and fabrication developments

ORAL

Abstract

In order to prepare Inertial Confinement Fusion (ICF) experiments on the ``Laser Megajoule'' (LMJ) facility in France, CEA has developed for more than a decade a large amount of specific targets which generally meet very strict specifications. More over, target fabrication technologies have improved a lot in the world during these last few years, particularly to prepare and realize experiments on new facilities (NIF and LMJ). The development of new fabrication technologies in CEA, has allowed making new cryogenic targets, compatible with a very good thermal control, necessary for the experiments. In this presentation, a focus on the state of the art on the LMJ cryogenic target fabrication is exposed. Design evolutions are presented to obtain best compromise between target fabrication and physics requirements to achieve ICF experiments.

Authors

  • Marc Theobald

    CEA Valduc

  • Johan Andre

    CEA Valduc

  • Olivier Breton

    CEA Valduc

  • C\'edric Chicanne

    CEA Valduc

  • Isabelle Geoffray

    CEA Valduc

  • Sylvain Le Tacon

    CEA Valduc

  • Fr\'ed\'eric Durut

    CEA Valduc

  • Emmanuel Fleury

    CEA Valduc

  • Ghislain Pascal

    CEA Valduc

  • Olivier Legaie

    CEA Valduc