INTEGRATED NUMERICAL-SIMULATION OF INDIRECT LASER-DRIVEN-IMPLOSION FOR ICF

A NIF-type hohlraum target (Lindl 1995; CEA 1995) is analyzed in an in tegrated calculation that uses last revision (4.2) of MULTI2D code (Ra mis et al. 1992). The numerical simulation includes: Lagrangian mesh, tracking of laser beams, inverse bremsstrahlung absorption, 3D radiati on transport, radiation-induced hydrodynamics of casing and window pan es, and radiatively driven capsule implosion. Electron heat conduction (Spitzer with flux limiter), tabulated Equations of State (Sesame), a nd LTE opacities are also included. Detailed results on hydrodynamic e volution of the system, compression symmetry, and energy balance are a lso provided.