Self-similar structure and experimental signatures of suprathermal ion distribution in inertial confinement fusion implosions

Kagan, Grigory; Svyatskiy, D.; Rinderknecht, H. G.; Rosenberg, M. J.; Zylstra, A. B.; Huang, C. -K.; McDevitt, C. J.

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.115.105002

Title: Self-similar structure and experimental signatures of suprathermal ion distribution in inertial confinement fusion implosions

Journal Article · Thu Sep 03 00:00:00 EDT 2015 · Physical Review Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.115.105002· OSTI ID:1215658

Kagan, Grigory ^[1]; Svyatskiy, D. ^[1]; Rinderknecht, H. G. ^[2]; Rosenberg, M. J. ^[3]; Zylstra, A. B. ^[2]; Huang, C. -K. ^[1]; McDevitt, C. J. ^[1]

Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States)
Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States); Univ. of Rochester, Rochester, NY (United States)

Here, the distribution function of suprathermal ions is found to be self-similar under conditions relevant to inertial confinement fusion hot spots. By utilizing this feature, interference between the hydrodynamic instabilities and kinetic effects is for the first time assessed quantitatively to find that the instabilities substantially aggravate the fusion reactivity reduction. The ion tail depletion is also shown to lower the experimentally inferred ion temperature, a novel kinetic effect that may explain the discrepancy between the exploding pusher experiments and rad-hydro simulations and contribute to the observation that temperature inferred from DD reaction products is lower than from DT at the National Ignition Facility.

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Research Organization:: Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States); Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)

Grant/Contract Number:: NA0002035; AC52-06NA25396

OSTI ID:: 1215658

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1213941; OSTI ID: 1329682

Report Number(s):: LA-UR-15-23166; PRLTAO

Journal Information:: Physical Review Letters, Vol. 115, Issue 10; ISSN 0031-9007

Publisher:: American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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