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Matter and Radiation at Extremes, Volume. 10, Issue 2, 027401(2025)

First observations on wall plasma expansion and x-ray flux in foam hohlraum at 100 kJ laser facility

Lu Zhang1,2、*, Zhiwei Lin1, Longfei Jing1, Jianhua Zheng1, Qiangqiang Wang1, Sanwei Li1, Zhurong Cao1, Yunsong Dong1, Bo Deng1, Liling Li1, Hang Li1, Yulong Li1, Huabing Du1, Xiayu Zhan1, Xibin Xu1, Gao Niu1, Wei Zhou1, Longyu Kuang1, Dong Yang1,2, Jiamin Yang1, Zongqing Zhao1,2, Yongkun Ding3, and Weiyan Zhang4
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  • 1Research Center of Laser Fusion, China Academy of Engineering Physics, Mianyang 621900, China
  • 2National Key Laboratory of Plasma Physics, Mianyang 621900, China
  • 3Institute of Applied Physics and Computational Mathematics, Beijing 100088, China
  • 4China Academy of Engineering Physics, Beijing 100088, China
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    Lu Zhang, Zhiwei Lin, Longfei Jing, Jianhua Zheng, Qiangqiang Wang, Sanwei Li, Zhurong Cao, Yunsong Dong, Bo Deng, Liling Li, Hang Li, Yulong Li, Huabing Du, Xiayu Zhan, Xibin Xu, Gao Niu, Wei Zhou, Longyu Kuang, Dong Yang, Jiamin Yang, Zongqing Zhao, Yongkun Ding, Weiyan Zhang. First observations on wall plasma expansion and x-ray flux in foam hohlraum at 100 kJ laser facility[J]. Matter and Radiation at Extremes, 2025, 10(2): 027401

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    Received: Sep. 8, 2024

    Accepted: Dec. 20, 2024

    Published Online: Apr. 30, 2025

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    DOI:10.1063/5.0237908

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