Simulations and measurements of hot-electron generation driven by the multibeam two-plasmon-decay instability

Follett, R. K.; Myatt, J. F.; Shaw, J. G.; Michel, D. T.; Solodov, A. A.; Edgell, D. H.; Yaakobi, B.; Froula, D. H.

doi:10.1063/1.4998934

Title: Simulations and measurements of hot-electron generation driven by the multibeam two-plasmon-decay instability

Journal Article · Mon Oct 30 00:00:00 EDT 2017 · Physics of Plasmas

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4998934· OSTI ID:1416323

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

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.

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

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

Grant/Contract Number:: NA0001944

OSTI ID:: 1416323

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1405548

Report Number(s):: 2017-99; 1365; 2017-99, 2321, 1365; TRN: US1800922

Journal Information:: Physics of Plasmas, Vol. 24, Issue 10; ISSN 1070-664X

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