Performance of High-Convergence, Layered DT Implosions on Power-Scaling Experiments at National Ignition Facility

Smalyuk, V. A.; Atherton, L. J.; Benedetti, L. R.; Bionta, R.; Bleuel, D.; Bond, E.; Bradley, D. K.; Caggiano, J.; Callahan, D. A.; Casey, D. T.; Celliers, P. M.; Cerjan, C. J.; Clark, D.; Dewald, E. L.; Dixit, S. N.; Doeppner, T.; Edgell, D. H.; Edwards, M. J.; Frenje, J.; Gatu-Johnson, M.; Glebov, V. Y.; Glenn, S.; Glenzer, S. H.; Grim, G.; Haan, S. W.; Hammel, B. A.; Hartouni, E.; Hatarik, R.; Hatchett, S.; Hicks, D.; Hsing, W. W.; Izumi, N.; Jones, O. S.; Key, M. H.; Khan, S. F.; Kilkenny, J. D.; Kline, J. L.; Knauer, J.; Kyrala, G. A.; Landen, O. L.; Pape, S. L.; Lindl, J. D.; Ma, T.; MacGowan, B. J.; Mackinnon, A. J.; MacPhee, A. G.; McNaney, J.; Meezan, N. B.; Moody, J. D.; Moore, A.; Moran, M.; Moses, E. I.; Pak, A.; Parham, T; Park, H. -S.; Patel, P. K.; Petrasso, R.; Ralph, J. E.; Regan, S. P.; Remington, B. A.; Robey, H. F.; Ross, J. S.; Spears, B. K.; Springer, P. T.; Suter, L J; Tommasini, R.; Town, R. P.; Weber, S. V.; Widmann, K.

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.111.215001

Title: Performance of High-Convergence, Layered DT Implosions on Power-Scaling Experiments at National Ignition Facility

Journal Article · Sat Oct 19 00:00:00 EDT 2013 · Physical Review Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.111.215001· OSTI ID:1237538

Smalyuk, V. A. ^[1]; Atherton, L. J. ^[1]; Benedetti, L. R. ^[1]; Bionta, R. ^[1]; Bleuel, D. ^[1]; Bond, E. ^[1]; Bradley, D. K. ^[1]; Caggiano, J. ^[1]; Callahan, D. A. ^[1]; Casey, D. T. ^[1]; Celliers, P. M. ^[1]; Cerjan, C. J. ^[1]; Clark, D. ^[1]; Dewald, E. L. ^[1]; Dixit, S. N. ^[1]; Doeppner, T. ^[1]; Edgell, D. H. ^[2]; Edwards, M. J. ^[1]; Frenje, J. ^[3]; Gatu-Johnson, M. ^[3] more »

Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
Univ. of Rochester, NY (United States)
Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States)
Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
General Atomics, San Diego, CA (United States)

The radiation-driven, low-adiabat, cryogenic DT layered plastic capsule implosions were carried out on the National Ignition Facility (NIF) to study the sensitivity of performance to peak power and drive duration. An implosion with extended drive and at reduced peak power of 350 TW achieved the highest compression with fuel areal density of ~1.3±0.1 g/cm ², representing a significant step from previously measured ~1.0 g/cm² toward a goal of 1.5 g/cm ². Moreover, for future experiments will focus on understanding and mitigating hydrodynamic instabilities and mix, and improving symmetry required to reach the threshold for thermonuclear ignition on NIF.

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Research Organization:: Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

Grant/Contract Number:: AC52-07NA27344

OSTI ID:: 1237538

Report Number(s):: LLNL-JRNL-636592

Journal Information:: Physical Review Letters, Vol. 11, Issue 21; ISSN 0031-9007

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