Exploration of the Transition from the Hydrodynamic-like to the Strongly Kinetic Regime in Shock-Driven Implosions

Rosenberg, M. J.; Rinderknecht, H. G.; Hoffman, N. M.; Amendt, P. A.; Atzeni, S.; Zylstra, A. B.; Li, C. K.; Seguin, F. H.; Sio, H.; Johnson, M. Gatu; Frenje, J. A.; Petrasso, R. D.; Glebov, V. Yu.; Stoeckl, C.; Seka, W.; Marshall, F. J.; Delettrez, J. A.; Sangster, T. C.; Betti, R.; Goncharov, V. N.; Meyerhofer, D. D.; Skupsky, S.; Bellei, C.; Pino, J.; Wilks, S. C.; Kagan, G.; Molvig, K.; Nikroo, A.

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.112.185001

Exploration of the Transition from the Hydrodynamic-like to the Strongly Kinetic Regime in Shock-Driven Implosions

Journal Article · Mon May 05 00:00:00 EDT 2014 · Physical Review Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.112.185001· OSTI ID:1172483

Rosenberg, M. J. ^[1]; Rinderknecht, H. G. ^[2]; Hoffman, N. M. ^[3]; Amendt, P. A. ^[4]; Atzeni, S. ^[5]; Zylstra, A. B. ^[2]; Li, C. K. ^[2]; Seguin, F. H. ^[2]; Sio, H. ^[2]; Johnson, M. Gatu ^[2]; Frenje, J. A. ^[2]; Petrasso, R. D. ^[2]; Glebov, V. Yu. ^[6]; Stoeckl, C. ^[6]; Seka, W. ^[6]; Marshall, F. J. ^[6]; Delettrez, J. A. ^[7]; Sangster, T. C. ^[6]; Betti, R. ^[6]; Goncharov, V. N. ^[6] more »

MIT (Massachusetts Inst. of Technology), Cambridge, MA (United States). Plasma Science and Fusion Center; High Energy Density Physics Division, Plasma Science and Fusion Center, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
MIT (Massachusetts Inst. of Technology), Cambridge, MA (United States). Plasma Science and Fusion Center
Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
Univ. of Roma, Roma (Italy). Dipartimento SBAI
Univ. of Rochester, NY (United States). Lab. for Laser Energetics
Univ. of Rochester, NY (United States). Lab. for Laser EnergeticsUniv. of Rochester, NY (United States). Lab. for Laser Energetics
General Atomics, San Diego, CA (United States)

Clear evidence of the transition from hydrodynamiclike to strongly kinetic shock-driven implosions is, for the first time, revealed and quantitatively assessed. Implosions with a range of initial equimolar D³He gas densities show that as the density is decreased, hydrodynamic simulations strongly diverge from and increasingly over-predict the observed nuclear yields, from a factor of ~2 at 3.1 mg/cm³ to a factor of 100 at 0.14 mg/cm³. (The corresponding Knudsen number, the ratio of ion mean-free path to minimum shell radius, varied from 0.3 to 9; similarly, the ratio of fusion burn duration to ion diffusion time, another figure of merit of kinetic effects, varied from 0.3 to 14.) This result is shown to be unrelated to the effects of hydrodynamic mix. As a first step to garner insight into this transition, a reduced ion kinetic (RIK) model that includes gradient-diffusion and loss-term approximations to several transport processes was implemented within the framework of a one-dimensional radiation-transport code. After empirical calibration, the RIK simulations reproduce the observed yield trends, largely as a result of ion diffusion and the depletion of the reacting tail ions.

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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:: NA0001857; FC52-08NA28752; NA0002035

OSTI ID:: 1172483

Journal Information:: Physical Review Letters, Journal Name: Physical Review Letters Journal Issue: 18 Vol. 112; ISSN 0031-9007; ISSN PRLTAO

Publisher:: American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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