Table 1.

Table summarizing important plasma parameters at different times for both drive configurations

Drive	Single			Double
t (ns)	5	10	15	10	15
ne (cm−3)	9 × 1018	9 × 1018	8 × 1018	3 × 1019	2.5 × 1019
ni (cm−3)	3 × 1018	3 × 1018	3 × 1018	1.1 × 1019	9 × 1018
T (eV)	120	50	10	–	–
B (kG)	–	–	–	40–230	–
uturb (cm s−1)	≲1.8 × 106	≲8 × 105	≲4 × 105	≲3 × 106	≲2.6 × 106
cs (cm s−1)	8 × 106	5 × 106	2 × 106	–	–
$n_e^{\mathrm{sim}}$ (cm−3)	2.2 × 1019	–	–	2.4 × 1019	2.15 × 1019
$n_i^{\mathrm{sim}}$ (cm−3)	6.7 × 1018	–	–	9.3 × 1018	7.1 × 1018
$T_{\mathrm{sim}}$ (eV)	412	–	–	106	80
$B_{\mathrm{sim}}$ (kG)	38	—	—	77	40
$c_{\mathrm{s}}^{\mathrm{sim}}$ (cm s-1)	1.7 × 107	—	—	1.1 × 107	8.4 × 106
Zc	Z0 = 14	14.7	14.6	16.1	15.8
	Z0 = 20	20.1	20.1	20.3	20.3
ΔEFermi (keV)	Z0 = 14	0.2	0.1	10.3	2.5
	Z0 = 20	0.3	0.2	13.1	3.1
ΔELHDI (keV)	Z0 = 14	140	60	870	300
	Z0 = 20	170	80	1.09 × 103	390

Experimentally measured or inferred values at t = 5, 10 and 15 ns are compared to results from 3D FLASH magnetohydrodynamics simulations¹. These values are used to calculate the corrected charge state Z_c as well as the expected ΔE according to Eq. (7) and (10), for initial charge states Z₀ = 14 and 20 at t = 10 and 15 ns.

¹FLASH simulation data was retrieved with the following method. Values are averaged over a 0.95 mm radius cylinder centered between the targets, which extends the extent of the domain. A temperature threshold is used to exclude solid target material. Values are averaged over two runs, with 25J and 35J of laser energy on each target foil, respectively.