Determination of laser entrance hole size for ignition-scale octahedral spherical hohlraums

Yao-Hua Chen; Zhichao Li; Hui Cao; Kaiqiang Pan; Sanwei Li; Xufei Xie; Bo Deng; Qiangqiang Wang; Zhurong Cao; Lifei Hou; Xingsen Che; Pin Yang; Yingjie Li; Xiaoan He; Tao Xu; Yonggang Liu; Yulong Li; Xiangming Liu; Haijun Zhang; Wei Zhang; Baibin Jiang; Jun Xie; Wei Zhou; Xiaoxia Huang; Wen Yi Huo; Guoli Ren; Kai Li; Xudeng Hang; Shu Li; Chuanlei Zhai; Jie Liu; Shiyang Zou; Yongkun Ding; Ke Lan

doi:10.1063/5.0102447

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