Variable convergence liquid layer implosions on the National Ignition Facility

A. B. Zylstra; S. A. Yi; B. M. Haines; R. E. Olson; R. J. Leeper; T. Braun; J. Biener; J. L. Kline; S. H. Batha; L. Berzak Hopkins; S. Bhandarkar; P. A. Bradley; J. Crippen; M. Farrell; D. Fittinghoff; H. W. Herrmann; H. Huang; S. Khan; C. Kong; B. J. Kozioziemski; G. A. Kyrala; T. Ma; N. B. Meezan; F. Merrill; A. Nikroo; R. R. Peterson; N. Rice; J. D. Sater; R. C. Shah; M. Stadermann; P. Volegov; C. Walters; D. C. Wilson

doi:10.1063/1.5016349

Variable convergence liquid layer implosions on the National Ignition Facility

A. B. Zylstra
, S. A. Yi
, B. M. Haines
, R. E. Olson
, R. J. Leeper
, T. Braun
, J. Biener
, J. L. Kline
, S. H. Batha
, L. Berzak Hopkins
, S. Bhandarkar
, P. A. Bradley
, J. Crippen
, M. Farrell
, D. Fittinghoff
, H. W. Herrmann
, H. Huang
, S. Khan
, C. Kong
, B. J. Kozioziemski

G. A. Kyrala, T. Ma, N. B. Meezan, F. Merrill, A. Nikroo, R. R. Peterson, N. Rice, J. D. Sater, R. C. Shah, M. Stadermann, P. Volegov, C. Walters, D. C. Wilson

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Liquid layer implosions using the "wetted foam" technique, where the liquid fuel is wicked into a supporting foam, have been recently conducted on the National Ignition Facility for the first time [Olson et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 117, 245001 (2016)]. We report on a series of wetted foam implosions where the convergence ratio was varied between 12 and 20. Reduced nuclear performance is observed as convergence ratio increases. 2-D radiation-hydrodynamics simulations accurately capture the performance at convergence ratios (CR) ∼ 12, but we observe a significant discrepancy at CR ∼ 20. This may be due to suppressed hot-spot formation or an anomalous energy loss mechanism.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	056304
Journal	Physics of Plasmas
Volume	25
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5016349
State	Published - May 1 2018
Externally published	Yes

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Zylstra, A. B., Yi, S. A., Haines, B. M., Olson, R. E., Leeper, R. J., Braun, T., Biener, J., Kline, J. L., Batha, S. H., Berzak Hopkins, L., Bhandarkar, S., Bradley, P. A., Crippen, J., Farrell, M., Fittinghoff, D., Herrmann, H. W., Huang, H., Khan, S., Kong, C., ... Wilson, D. C. (2018). Variable convergence liquid layer implosions on the National Ignition Facility. Physics of Plasmas, 25(5), Article 056304. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5016349

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Variable convergence liquid layer implosions on the National Ignition Facility

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