First Observations of Nonhydrodynamic Mix at the Fuel-Shell Interface in Shock-Driven Inertial Confinement Implosions

Rinderknecht, H. G.; Sio, H.; Li, C. K.; Zylstra, A. B.; Rosenberg, M. J.; Amendt, P.; Delettrez, J.; Bellei, C.; Frenje, J. A.; Gatu Johnson, M.; Seguin, F. H.; Petrasso, R. D.; Betti, R.; Glebov, V. Yu.; Meyerhofer, D. D.; Sangster, T. C.; Stoeckl, C.; Landen, O.; Smalyuk, V. A.; Wilks, S.; Greenwood, A.; Nikroo, A.

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.112.135001

Title: First Observations of Nonhydrodynamic Mix at the Fuel-Shell Interface in Shock-Driven Inertial Confinement Implosions

Journal Article · Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 EDT 2014 · Physical Review Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.112.135001· OSTI ID:1172481

Rinderknecht, H. G. ^[1]; Sio, H. ^[1]; Li, C. K. ^[1]; Zylstra, A. B. ^[1]; Rosenberg, M. J. ^[1]; Amendt, P. ^[2]; Delettrez, J. ^[3]; Bellei, C. ^[2]; Frenje, J. A. ^[1]; Gatu Johnson, M. ^[1]; Seguin, F. H. ^[1]; Petrasso, R. D. ^[1]; Betti, R. ^[3]; Glebov, V. Yu. ^[3]; Meyerhofer, D. D. ^[3]; Sangster, T. C. ^[3]; Stoeckl, C. ^[3]; Landen, O. ^[2]; Smalyuk, V. A. ^[2]; Wilks, S. ^[2] more »

MIT (Massachusetts Inst. of Technology), Cambridge, MA (United States). Plasma Science and Fusion Center
Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
Univ. of Rochester, NY (United States). Lab. for Laser Energetics
General Atomics, San Diego, CA (United States)

A strong nonhydrodynamic mechanism generating atomic fuel-shell mix has been observed in strongly shocked inertial confinement fusion implosions of thin deuterated-plastic shells filled with ³He gas. These implosions were found to produce D³He-proton shock yields comparable to implosions of identical shells filled with a hydroequivalent 50:50 D³He gas mixture. Standard hydrodynamic mixing cannot explain this observation, as hydrodynamic modeling including mix predicts a yield an order of magnitude lower than was observed. Instead, these results can be attributed to ion diffusive mix at the fuel-shell interface.

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Research Organization:: Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States). Plasma Science and Fusion Center

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

Grant/Contract Number:: NA0002035; NA0001857

OSTI ID:: 1172481

Journal Information:: Physical Review Letters, Vol. 112, Issue 13; ISSN 0031-9007

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