Simulations and measurements of hot-electron generation driven by the multibeam two-plasmon-decay instability
Abstract
We report that multiple-beam experiments relevant to direct-drive inertial confinement fusion show the importance of nonlinear saturation mechanisms in the common-wave two-plasmon-decay (TPD) instability. Planar target experiments on the OMEGA laser used hard-x-ray measurements to study the influence of the linear common-wave growth rate on TPD driven hot-electron production in two drive beam configurations and over a range of overlapped laser intensities from 3.6 to 15.2 x 1014 W/cm2. The beam configuration with the larger linear common-wave growth rate had a lower intensity threshold for the onset of hot-electron production, but the linear growth rate did not have a significant impact on hot-electron production at high intensities. The experiments were modeled in 3-D using a hybrid code (LPSE) that combines a wave solver with a particle tracker to self-consistently calculate the electron velocity distribution and evolve electron Landau damping. Finally, good quantitative agreement was obtained between the simulated and measured hotel-electron distributions using a novel technique to account for macroscopic spatial and temporal variations that are present in the experiments.
- Authors:
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- Univ. of Rochester, NY (United States). Lab. for Laser Energetics
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Univ. of Rochester, NY (United States). Lab. for Laser Energetics
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1416323
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1405548
- Report Number(s):
- 2017-99; 1365
Journal ID: ISSN 1070-664X; 2017-99, 2321, 1365; TRN: US1800922
- Grant/Contract Number:
- NA0001944
- Resource Type:
- Journal Article: Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Physics of Plasmas
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 24; Journal Issue: 10; Journal ID: ISSN 1070-664X
- Publisher:
- American Institute of Physics (AIP)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY
Citation Formats
Follett, R. K., Myatt, J. F., Shaw, J. G., Michel, D. T., Solodov, A. A., Edgell, D. H., Yaakobi, B., and Froula, D. H. Simulations and measurements of hot-electron generation driven by the multibeam two-plasmon-decay instability. United States: N. p., 2017.
Web. doi:10.1063/1.4998934.
Follett, R. K., Myatt, J. F., Shaw, J. G., Michel, D. T., Solodov, A. A., Edgell, D. H., Yaakobi, B., & Froula, D. H. Simulations and measurements of hot-electron generation driven by the multibeam two-plasmon-decay instability. United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4998934
Follett, R. K., Myatt, J. F., Shaw, J. G., Michel, D. T., Solodov, A. A., Edgell, D. H., Yaakobi, B., and Froula, D. H. 2017.
"Simulations and measurements of hot-electron generation driven by the multibeam two-plasmon-decay instability". United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4998934. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1416323.
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title = {Simulations and measurements of hot-electron generation driven by the multibeam two-plasmon-decay instability},
author = {Follett, R. K. and Myatt, J. F. and Shaw, J. G. and Michel, D. T. and Solodov, A. A. and Edgell, D. H. and Yaakobi, B. and Froula, D. H.},
abstractNote = {We report that multiple-beam experiments relevant to direct-drive inertial confinement fusion show the importance of nonlinear saturation mechanisms in the common-wave two-plasmon-decay (TPD) instability. Planar target experiments on the OMEGA laser used hard-x-ray measurements to study the influence of the linear common-wave growth rate on TPD driven hot-electron production in two drive beam configurations and over a range of overlapped laser intensities from 3.6 to 15.2 x 1014 W/cm2. The beam configuration with the larger linear common-wave growth rate had a lower intensity threshold for the onset of hot-electron production, but the linear growth rate did not have a significant impact on hot-electron production at high intensities. The experiments were modeled in 3-D using a hybrid code (LPSE) that combines a wave solver with a particle tracker to self-consistently calculate the electron velocity distribution and evolve electron Landau damping. Finally, good quantitative agreement was obtained between the simulated and measured hotel-electron distributions using a novel technique to account for macroscopic spatial and temporal variations that are present in the experiments.},
doi = {10.1063/1.4998934},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1416323},
journal = {Physics of Plasmas},
issn = {1070-664X},
number = 10,
volume = 24,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Oct 30 00:00:00 EDT 2017},
month = {Mon Oct 30 00:00:00 EDT 2017}
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