Inferring thermal ion temperature and residual kinetic energy from nuclear measurements in inertial confinement fusion implosions

Woo, K. M.; Betti, R.; Mannion, O. M.; Forrest, C. J.; Knauer, J. P.; Goncharov, V. N.; Radha, P. B.; Patel, D.; Gopalaswamy, V.; Glebov, V. Yu.

doi:10.1063/1.5144460

Inferring thermal ion temperature and residual kinetic energy from nuclear measurements in inertial confinement fusion implosions

Journal Article · Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 2020 · Physics of Plasmas

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5144460· OSTI ID:1634008

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

In inertial con finement fusion implosion experiments, the presence of residual anisotropic fluid motion within the stagnating hot spot leads to signifi cant variations in ion-temperature measurements using neutron time- of-flight detectors along different lines of sight. The minimum ion-temperature measurement is typically used as representative of the thermal temperature. In the presence of isotropic flows, however, even the minimum DT neutron-inferred ion temperature can be well above the plasma thermal temperature. Using both DD and DT neutron-inferred ion-temperature measurements, we show that it is possible to determine the contribution of isotropic flows and infer the DT burn-averaged thermal ion temperature. The contribution of large isotropic flows on driving the ratio of DD to DT neutron-inferred ion temperatures well below unity and approaching the lower bound of 0.8 is demonstrated in multimode simulations. The minimum DD neutron- inferred ion temperature is determined from the velocity variance analysis, accounting for the presence of isotropic flows. Being close to the DT burn-averaged thermal ion temperature, the inferred DD minimum ion temperatures demonstrate a strong correlation with the experimental yields in the OMEGA implosion database. An analytical expression is also derived to explain the effect of mode ℓ = 1 ion-temperature measurement asymmetry on yield degradations caused by the anisotropic flows.

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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:: NA0003856

OSTI ID:: 1634008

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1631390

Report Number(s):: 2019-218, 2524, 1568; 2019-218, 2524, 1568

Journal Information:: Physics of Plasmas, Journal Name: Physics of Plasmas Journal Issue: 6 Vol. 27; ISSN 1070-664X

Publisher:: American Institute of Physics (AIP)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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