Simulations of indirectly driven gas-filled capsules at the National Ignition Facility

S. V. Weber; D. T. Casey; D. C. Eder; J. D. Kilkenny; J. E. Pino; V. A. Smalyuk; G. P. Grim; B. A. Remington; D. P. Rowley; C. B. Yeamans; R. E. Tipton; M. Barrios; R. Benedetti; L. Berzak Hopkins; D. L. Bleuel; E. J. Bond; D. K. Bradley; J. A. Caggiano; D. A. Callahan; C. J. Cerjan; D. S. Clark; L. Divol; D. H. Edgell; M. J. Edwards; M. J. Eckart; D. Fittinghoff; J. A. Frenje; M. Gatu-Johnson; V. Y. Glebov; S. Glenn; N. Guler; S. W. Haan; A. Hamza; R. Hatarik; H. Herrmann; D. Hoover; W. W. Hsing; N. Izumi; O. S. Jones; M. Kervin; S. Khan; J. Kline; J. Knauer; A. Kritcher; G. Kyrala; O. L. Landen; S. Le Pape; T. Ma; A. J. Mackinnon; A. G. MacPhee; M. M. Marinak; J. M. Mcnaney; N. B. Meezan; F. E. Merrill; M. Mintz; A. Moore; D. H. Munro; A. Nikroo; A. Pak; T. Parham; R. Petrasso; H. G. Rinderknecht; D. B. Sayre; S. M. Sepke; B. K. Spears; W. Stoeffl; R. Tommasini; R. P. Town; P. Volegov; K. Widmann; D. C. Wilson; A. B. Zylstra

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Simulations of indirectly driven gas-filled capsules at the National Ignition Facility

S. V. Weber, D. T. Casey, D. C. Eder, J. D. Kilkenny, J. E. Pino, V. A. Smalyuk, G. P. Grim, B. A. Remington, D. P. Rowley, C. B. Yeamans, R. E. Tipton, M. Barrios, R. Benedetti, L. Berzak Hopkins, D. L. Bleuel, E. J. Bond, D. K. Bradley, J. A. Caggiano, D. A. Callahan, C. J. CerjanD. S. Clark, L. Divol, D. H. Edgell, M. J. Edwards, M. J. Eckart, D. Fittinghoff, J. A. Frenje, M. Gatu-Johnson, V. Y. Glebov, S. Glenn, N. Guler, S. W. Haan, A. Hamza, R. Hatarik, H. Herrmann, D. Hoover, W. W. Hsing, N. Izumi, O. S. Jones, M. Kervin, S. Khan, J. Kline, J. Knauer, A. Kritcher, G. Kyrala, O. L. Landen, S. Le Pape, T. Ma, A. J. Mackinnon, A. G. MacPhee, M. M. Marinak, J. M. Mcnaney, N. B. Meezan, F. E. Merrill, M. Mintz, A. Moore, D. H. Munro, A. Nikroo, A. Pak, T. Parham, R. Petrasso, H. G. Rinderknecht, D. B. Sayre, S. M. Sepke, B. K. Spears, W. Stoeffl, R. Tommasini, R. P. Town, P. Volegov, K. Widmann, D. C. Wilson, A. B. Zylstra

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Gas-filled capsules imploded with indirect drive on the National Ignition Facility have been employed as symmetry surrogates for cryogenic-layered ignition capsules and to explore interfacial mix. Plastic capsules containing deuterated layers and filled with tritium gas provide a direct measure of mix of ablator into the gas fuel. Other plastic capsules have employed DT or D³He gas fill. We present the results of two-dimensional simulations of gas-filled capsule implosions with known degradation sources represented as in modeling of inertial confinement fusion ignition designs; these are time-dependent drive asymmetry, the capsule support tent, roughness at material interfaces, and prescribed gas-ablator interface mix. Unlike the case of cryogenic-layered implosions, many observables of gas-filled implosions are in reasonable agreement with predictions of these simulations. Yields of TT and DT neutrons as well as other x-ray and nuclear diagnostics are matched for CD-layered implosions. Yields of DT-filled capsules are over-predicted by factors of 1.4-2, while D³He capsule yields are matched, as well as other metrics for both capsule types.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	112706
Journal	Physics of Plasmas
Volume	21
Issue number	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4901598
State	Published - Nov 1 2014
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Weber, S. V., Casey, D. T., Eder, D. C., Kilkenny, J. D., Pino, J. E., Smalyuk, V. A., Grim, G. P., Remington, B. A., Rowley, D. P., Yeamans, C. B., Tipton, R. E., Barrios, M., Benedetti, R., Berzak Hopkins, L., Bleuel, D. L., Bond, E. J., Bradley, D. K., Caggiano, J. A., Callahan, D. A., ... Zylstra, A. B. (2014). Simulations of indirectly driven gas-filled capsules at the National Ignition Facility. Physics of Plasmas, 21(11), Article 112706. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4901598

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