Measurements of an Ablator-Gas Atomic Mix in Indirectly Driven Implosions at the National Ignition Facility
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Frenje, Johan A.; Gatu Johnson, Maria; Petrasso, Richard D.
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We present the first results from an experimental campaign to measure the atomic ablator-gas mix in the deceleration phase of gas-filled capsule implosions on the National Ignition Facility. Plastic capsules containing CD layers were filled with tritium gas; as the reactants are initially separated, DT fusion yield provides a direct measure of the atomic mix of ablator into the hot spot gas. Capsules were imploded with x rays generated in hohlraums with peak radiation temperatures of ~294 eV. While the TT fusion reaction probes conditions in the central part (core) of the implosion hot spot, the DT reaction probes a mixed region on the outer part of the hot spot near the ablator–hot-spot interface. Experimental data were used to develop and validate the atomic-mix model used in two-dimensional simulations.
Date issued
2014-01Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Plasma Science and Fusion CenterJournal
Physical Review Letters
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American Physical Society
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Smalyuk, V. A., R. E. Tipton, J. E. Pino, D. T. Casey, G. P. Grim, B. A. Remington, D. P. Rowley, et al. “Measurements of an Ablator-Gas Atomic Mix in Indirectly Driven Implosions at the National Ignition Facility.” Physical Review Letters 112, no. 2 (January 2014). © 2014 American Physical Society
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0031-9007
1079-7114