Measuring the principal Hugoniot of inertial-confinement-fusion-relevant TMPTA plastic foams.

Wetted-foam layers are of significant interest for inertial-confinement-fusion capsules, due to the control they provide over the convergence ratio of the implosion and the opportunity this affords to minimize hydrodynamic instability growth. However, the equation of state for fusion-relevant foams are not well characterized, and many simulations rely on modeling such foams as a homogeneous medium with the foam average density. To address this issue, an experiment was performed using the VULCAN Nd:glass laser at the Central Laser Facility.

Experimental demonstration of an electromagnetic pulse mitigation concept for a laser driven proton source.

The targets that are used to produce high-energy protons with ultra-high intensity lasers generate a strong electromagnetic pulse (EMP). To mitigate that undesired side effect, we developed and tested a concept called the "birdhouse." It consists in confining the EMP field in a finite volume and in dissipating the trapped electromagnetic energy with an electric resistor.

[Histocompatibility-antigens in hay fever (author's transl)].

HL-A antigens have been determined in 110 not related Caucasian patients from southwest Germany suffering from hay fever and in 353 blood donors from the same area. Gene-frequencies and haplotype-frequencies of these 2 groups were compared, deviations within various specific allergy groups were investigated taking into consideration associated diseases. Patients suffering from hay fever showed a significant increase in frequency of W 19 and a significant decrease in HL-A8.