Laser-Compression Studies with Neon-Filled Glass Microballoons

1976:

The paper “Laser Compression Studies with Neon-Filled Glass Microballoons” by B. Yaakobi and L. M. Goldman was published in Physical Review Letters. It presented measurements of x-ray emission of compressed neon gas fill in glass microballoons, irradiated by DELTA–an early LLE four-beam laser system.

Several physics packages were added to the one-dimensional hydrodynamic code SUPER: radiation transport, transport of suprathermal electron from resonant absorption and a realistic equation-of-state table. These improvements made possible realistic simulations of implosions carried out on the DELTA Laser System.

Shown here is a comparison of part of the x-ray spectrum from B. Yaakobi and L. M. Goldman, “Laser Compression Studies with Neon-Filled Glass Microballoons,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 37 899–902 (1976).