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Effects of alpha-ion stopping on ignition and ignition criteria in inertial confinement fusion experiments

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Reichelt, Benjamin L.; Petrasso, Richard D.; Li, Chi-Kang
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With the advent of ignited plasmas at the National Ignition Facility (NIF), alpha physics has become a driving factor in theoretical understanding and experimental behavior. In this communication, we explore aspects of direct alpha-ion heating through comparison of the consequences from the one-fluid and two-fluid models in the hydrodynamic approach. We show that the case with all alpha energy deposited in electrons raises the ignition criteria by ~4 keV or ~0.2 g/cm2 in the hotspot relative to the case with all alpha energy deposited in ions. In the case of the recently ignited NIF implosion, 30% of the 3.5 MeV a energy is deposited into the DT fuel ions, for which there is negligible difference between the one-fluid and two-fluid ignition criteria. However, changes in the ion stopping fraction through profile effects and alternate stopping power models could lead to ignition curve shifts of ~1 keV.
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Submitted for publication in Physics of Plasmas
Date issued
2023-10
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https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/158744
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Plasma Science and Fusion Center
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Physics of Plasmas
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AIP
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23ja125

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