Development Considerations for High-Repetition-Rate HEDP Experiments

Abstract

This paper discusses experimental techniques and considerations associated with the transition to high repetition-rate experiments in High Energy Density Physics (HEDP). We particularly highlight approaches to experimentation that become practical only at a threshold of repetition rate. We focus on the transition from operation at several-shots-per-day towards operation in the range of 1/min. to 1 Hz.