Indirect Drive at the NIF Scale

Abstract

We review the basics of ICF ignition, and analytically derive the expected gains for the NIF scale and the reactor scale. We also analytically derive the radiation drive temperature for an empty NIF scale hohlraum. We describe improved physics models that better describe experiments at the NIF scale. We compare those improved models for NIF hohlraum data from 2009. We briefly review the status of NIF ignition experiments of 2011, including shock timing tuning, and the measurement of the implosion velocity.