Understanding the effects of radiative preheat and self-emission from shock heating on equation of state measurement at 100s of Mbar using spherically converging shock waves in a NIF hohlraum

Joseph Nilsen; Andrea L. Kritcher; Madison E. Martin; Robert E. Tipton; Heather D. Whitley; Damian C. Swift; Tilo Döppner; Benjamin L. Bachmann; Amy E. Lazicki; Natalie B. Kostinski; Brian R. Maddox; Gilbert W. Collins; Siegfried H. Glenzer; Roger W. Falcone

doi:10.1063/1.5131748

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