Table 1 First even geometrical factors Gl for the configurations of 24 beams of Skupsky and Lee, the 24- and 36-beam subsets, and the full 60 Omega beams.

From: Partition of Omega-like facility into two configurations of 24 and 36 laser beams to improve implosion performance

l

24 S&L

24 beams

36 beams

60 beams

2

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

4

0.07

0.21

0.14

0.0

6

0.30

0.43

0.28

0.0

8

1.71

1.59

1.06

0.0

10

1.50

1.58

1.40

1.25

12

1.56

1.59

1.07

0.20

14

0.0

0.59

0.39

0.0

16

1.18

1.09

1.00

0.92

18

3.05

2.84

2.56

2.32

20

0.44

1.08

0.90

0.72

  1. Significant values corresponding to the lower dominant modes are in bold.
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