Characterization of an imploding cylindrical plasma for electron transport studies using x-ray emission spectroscopy

Dozières, M.; Hansen, S.; Forestier-Colleoni, P.; McGuffey, C.; Kawahito, D.; Bailly-Grandvaux, M.; Bhutwala, K.; Krauland, C. M.; Wei, M. S.; Gourdain, P.; Davies, J. R.; Matsuo, K.; Fujioka, S.; Campbell, E. M.; Peebles, J. L.; Santos, J. J.; Batani, D.; Zhang, S.; Beg, Farhat N.

doi:10.1063/1.5125271

Title: Characterization of an imploding cylindrical plasma for electron transport studies using x-ray emission spectroscopy

Journal Article · Tue Feb 04 00:00:00 EST 2020 · Physics of Plasmas

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5125271· OSTI ID:1633763

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Univ. of California, San Diego, CA (United States)
Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
General Atomics, San Diego, CA (United States)
Univ. of Rochester, NY (United States)
Univ. of Rochester, NY (United States). Lab. for Laser Energetics
Osaka Univ., Suita (Japan)
Univ. of Bordeaux, Talence (France). CNRS-CEA

We report on the characterization of the conditions of an imploding cylindrical plasma by time-resolved x-ray emission spectroscopy. Knowledge about this implosion platform can be applied to studies of particle transport for inertial confinement fusion schemes or to astrophysical plasmas. A cylindrical Cl-doped CH foam within a tube of solid CH was irradiated by 36 beams (I_total ~5 x 10¹⁴ W/cm², 1.5 ns square pulse, and E_total ~ 16.2 kJ) of the OMEGA-60 laser to radially compress the CH toward the axis. The analysis of the time-resolved spectra showed that the compression can be described by four distinct phases, each presenting different plasma conditions. First the ablation of the cylinder is dominant; second, the foam is heated and induces a significant jump in emission intensities; third, the temperature and density of the foam reaches a maximum; and finally, the plasma expands. Ranges for the plasma temperature were inferred with the atomic physics code SCRAM (Spectroscopic Collisional-Radiative Atomic Model) and the experimental data have been compared to hydrodynamic simulations performed with the 2D code FLASH, which showed a similar implosion dynamic over time.

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Research Organization:: Univ. of California, San Diego, CA (United States); Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)

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

Grant/Contract Number:: NA0003943; FOA-0001568; NA0003525; AC04-94AL85000; NA0003842

OSTI ID:: 1633763

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1597140; OSTI ID: 1810375

Report Number(s):: SAND-2021-7751J; TRN: US2201235

Journal Information:: Physics of Plasmas, Vol. 27, Issue 2; ISSN 1070-664X

Publisher:: American Institute of Physics (AIP)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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