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Hotspot conditions achieved in inertial confinement fusion experiments on the National Ignition Facility

  • P. K. Patel
  • , P. T. Springer
  • , C. R. Weber
  • , L. C. Jarrott
  • , O. A. Hurricane
  • , B. Bachmann
  • , K. L. Baker
  • , L. F. Berzak Hopkins
  • , D. A. Callahan
  • , D. T. Casey
  • , C. J. Cerjan
  • , D. S. Clark
  • , E. L. Dewald
  • , L. Divol
  • , T. Döppner
  • , J. E. Field
  • , D. Fittinghoff
  • , J. Gaffney
  • , V. Geppert-Kleinrath
  • , G. P. Grim
  • E. P. Hartouni, R. Hatarik, D. E. Hinkel, M. Hohenberger, K. Humbird, N. Izumi, O. S. Jones, S. F. Khan, A. L. Kritcher, M. Kruse, O. L. Landen, S. Le Pape, T. Ma, S. A. MacLaren, A. G. MacPhee, L. P. Masse, N. B. Meezan, J. L. Milovich, R. Nora, A. Pak, J. L. Peterson, J. Ralph, H. F. Robey, J. D. Salmonson, V. A. Smalyuk, B. K. Spears, C. A. Thomas, P. L. Volegov, A. Zylstra, M. J. Edwards

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Abstract

We describe the overall performance of the major indirect-drive inertial confinement fusion campaigns executed at the National Ignition Facility. With respect to the proximity to ignition, we can describe the performance of current experiments both in terms of no-burn ignition metrics (metrics based on the hydrodynamic performance of targets in the absence of alpha-particle heating) and in terms of the thermodynamic properties of the hotspot and dense fuel at stagnation-in particular, the hotspot pressure, temperature, and areal density. We describe a simple 1D isobaric model to derive these quantities from experimental observables and examine where current experiments lie with respect to the conditions required for ignition.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article number050901
JournalPhysics of Plasmas
Volume27
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - May 1 2020
Externally publishedYes

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Condensed Matter Physics

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