A method for evaluating the mean preheat temperature in X-ray driven ablation
- Research Center of Laser Fusion, China Academy of Engineering Physics, Mianyang 621900 (China)
A novel method is proposed for evaluating the mean preheat temperature in X-ray driven ablation, based on the equation of state (EOS) of the ablator and the radiation hydrodynamic simulation. The equation of state of plastic (CH) has been discussed in detail. There are two types of planar CH in simulations, with the thick target being 10 μm thicker than the thin target. The difference between the transmission fluxes of the two types of targets can represent the energy absorbed by the last 10 μm of the thick target (or the preheated layer). This energy approximates the internal energy of the preheated layer. The mean preheat temperature of the preheated layer has also been obtained from simulations. The simulation results show that the relationship between the absorbed energy and the mean preheat temperature is similar to the EOS of CH for different conditions (e.g., different values of M-band fraction and radiation temperature) and can be written as ε=2.530×10{sup 11}T{sup ¯1.444} when the mean preheat temperature is below 12 eV. For these cases, the relationship between the surface preheat temperature T{sub S} and the mean preheat temperature T{sup ¯} was T{sub S}=0.63T{sup ¯}. This relation provides the means for demonstrating the proposed method, because the transmission fluxes and the surface preheat temperature T{sub S} can be measured experimentally.
- OSTI ID:
- 22408217
- Journal Information:
- Physics of Plasmas, Vol. 22, Issue 3; Other Information: (c) 2015 AIP Publishing LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 1070-664X
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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