Any articles on ICF fuel pellet?

[Kidphysics]

A graduate student I know swears that there is some form of carbon and that it is very expensive to make the fuel pellets, especially to make them smooth for the ablation process. I have read they are extremely cheap but I may be thinking of just the DT fuel and not the pellet. Either way, hohlraum or not is there an article that takes an in depth look at the ICF fuel?

 

[berkeman]

A graduate student I know swears that there is some form of carbon and that it is very expensive to make the fuel pellets, especially to make them smooth for the ablation process. I have read they are extremely cheap but I may be thinking of just the DT fuel and not the pellet. Either way, hohlraum or not is there an article that takes an in depth look at the ICF fuel?

Have you looked through the LLNL website to see what they have for technical information resources for ICF?

 

[Kidphysics]

I was just wondering if anyone knew any particularly good free ones. I have done a search for icf fuel pellets and am blocked by some websites etc

 

[berkeman]

I was just wondering if anyone knew any particularly good free ones. I have done a search for icf fuel pellets and am blocked by some websites etc

This page at LLNL's website looks to be helpful:

https://lasers.llnl.gov/programs/nic/target_fabrication.php

BTW, I got to that page with a Google search on the word you used "hohlraum".