Table 2 Comparisons of implosion performance between experiment and DRACO simulation

From: Probing atomic physics at ultrahigh pressure using laser-driven implosions

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Experiment

DRACO Simulation

D-D Neutron Yield

(7.3 ± 0.4) × 109

6.2 × 109

<Ti>n (keV)

2.2 ± 0.5

2.6

<ρR>n (mg cm−2)

67 ± 7

66.5

Neutron bang time (ns)

2.04 ± 0.05

2.08

  1. The experimental measurements of neutron yield, neutron-averaged ion temperature, neutron-averaged areal density, and neutron bang time are compared with radiation-hydrodynamic simulations by DRACO.