Theory of hydro-equivalent ignition for inertial fusion and its applications to OMEGA and the National Ignition Facility

Nora, R.; Betti, R.; Anderson, K. S.; Shvydky, A.; Bose, A.; Woo, K. M.; Christopherson, A. R.; Marozas, J. A.; Collins, T. B.; Radha, P. B.; Hu, S. X.; Epstein, R.; Marshall, F. J.; McCrory, R. L.; Sangster, T. C.; Meyerhofer, D. D.

doi:10.1063/1.4875331

Theory of hydro-equivalent ignition for inertial fusion and its applications to OMEGA and the National Ignition Facility

Journal Article · Tue May 27 00:00:00 EDT 2014 · Physics of Plasmas

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4875331· OSTI ID:1132841

Nora, R. ^[1]; Betti, R. ^[2]; Anderson, K. S. ^[3]; Shvydky, A. ^[3]; Bose, A. ^[2]; Woo, K. M. ^[2]; Christopherson, A. R. ^[2]; Marozas, J. A. ^[3]; Collins, T. B. ^[3]; Radha, P. B. ^[3]; Hu, S. X. ^[3]; Epstein, R. ^[3]; Marshall, F. J. ^[3]; McCrory, R. L. ^[4]; Sangster, T. C. ^[3]; Meyerhofer, D. D. ^[2]

Laboratory for Laser Energetics, University of Rochester, 1 250 East River Road, Rochester, New York 14623-1299, USA; Fusion Science Center, University of Rochester, 2 250 East River Road, Rochester, New York 14623-1299, USA; , University of Rochester, 3 Department of Physics and/or Mechanical Engineering 250 East River Road, Rochester, New York 14623-1299, USA; Laboratory for Laser Energetics, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
Laboratory for Laser Energetics, University of Rochester, 1 250 East River Road, Rochester, New York 14623-1299, USA; Fusion Science Center, University of Rochester, 2 250 East River Road, Rochester, New York 14623-1299, USA; , University of Rochester, 3 Department of Physics and/or Mechanical Engineering 250 East River Road, Rochester, New York 14623-1299, USA
Laboratory for Laser Energetics, University of Rochester, 1 250 East River Road, Rochester, New York 14623-1299, USA
Laboratory for Laser Energetics, University of Rochester, 1 250 East River Road, Rochester, New York 14623-1299, USA; , University of Rochester, 3 Department of Physics and/or Mechanical Engineering 250 East River Road, Rochester, New York 14623-1299, USA

The theory of ignition for inertial confinement fusion capsules [R. Betti et al., Phys. Plasmas 17, 058102 (2010)] is used to assess the performance requirements for cryogenic implosion experiments on the Omega Laser Facility. The theory of hydrodynamic similarity is developed in both one and two dimensions and tested using multimode hydrodynamic simulations with the hydrocode DRACO [P. B. Radha et al., Phys. Plasmas 12, 032702 (2005)] of hydro-equivalent implosions (implosions with the same implosion velocity, adiabat, and laser intensity). The theory is used to scale the performance of direct-drive OMEGA implosions to the National Ignition Facility (NIF) energy scales and determine the requirements for demonstrating hydro-equivalent ignition on OMEGA. Hydro-equivalent ignition on OMEGA is represented by a cryogenic implosion that would scale to ignition on the NIF at 1.8 MJ of laser energy symmetrically illuminating the target. It is found that a reasonable combination of neutron yield and areal density for OMEGA hydro-equivalent ignition is 3 to 6 × 1013 and ∼0.3 g/cm2, respectively, depending on the level of laser imprinting. This performance has not yet been achieved on OMEGA.

Research Organization:: Univ. of Rochester, NY (United States). Lab. for Laser Energetics

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

DOE Contract Number:: NA0001944

OSTI ID:: 1132841

Report Number(s):: DOE/NA/1944-1173; 2013-119; 2139

Journal Information:: Physics of Plasmas, Journal Name: Physics of Plasmas Journal Issue: 5 Vol. 21; ISSN 1070-664X

Publisher:: American Institute of Physics (AIP)

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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