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Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 34 | Number 3 | November 1998 | Pages 848-852
Inertial Fusion Technology | doi.org/10.13182/FST98-A11963718
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Integral Transport methods were used to calculate the x-ray intensity in a NOVA hohlraum. Two cases were examined: the nominal case in which all five lasers strike either side of the hohlraum and the abnormal case for which five lasers strike the right side but only four strike the left. As expected, the uniform case produces a fairly uniform illumination over the capsule, whereas the abnormal case is highly non-uniform.