Mitigation of X-ray shadow seeding of hydrodynamic instabilities on inertial confinement fusion capsules using a reduced diameter fuel fill-tube

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Title: Mitigation of X-ray shadow seeding of hydrodynamic instabilities on inertial confinement fusion capsules using a reduced diameter fuel fill-tube

Abstract

We report a reduced X-ray shadow imprint of hydrodynamic instabilities on the high-density carbon ablator surface of inertial confinement fusion (ICF) capsules using a reduced diameter fuel fill tube on the National Ignition Facility (NIF). The perturbation seed mass from hydrodynamic instabilities was reduced by approximately an order of magnitude by reducing both the diameter and wall thickness of the fill tube by ~2×, consistent with analytical estimates. Overall, this work demonstrates a successful mitigation strategy for engineered features for ICF implosions on the NIF.

Authors:

^[1]; Smalyuk, V. A. ^[1];

^[1]; Weber, C. R. ^[1]; Robey, H. F. ^[1]; Alfonso, E. L. ^[2]; Biener, J. ^[1]; Bunn, T. ^[1];

^[2];

^[2]; Felker, S. ^[1]; Field, J. E. ^[1]; Hsing, W. W. ^[1]; Kong, C. ^[2]; Milovich, J. ^[1]; Moore, A. ^[1];

^[1]; Rice, N. ^[2]; Stadermann, M. ^[1]; Wild, C. ^[3]

Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
General Atomics, San Diego, CA (United States)
Diamond Materials GmbH, Freiburg (Germany)

Publication Date:: 2018-05-14

Research Org.:: Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)

OSTI Identifier:: 1718988

Report Number(s):: LLNL-JRNL-739734
Journal ID: ISSN 1070-664X; 893576

Grant/Contract Number:: AC52-07NA27344; NA0001808

Resource Type:: Journal Article: Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: Physics of Plasmas

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 25; Journal Issue: 5; 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; Fluid instabilities; plasma confinement; radiography; x-rays

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                    MacPhee, A. G., Smalyuk, V. A., Landen, O. L., Weber, C. R., Robey, H. F., Alfonso, E. L., Biener, J., Bunn, T., Crippen, J. W., Farrell, M., Felker, S., Field, J. E., Hsing, W. W., Kong, C., Milovich, J., Moore, A., Nikroo, A., Rice, N., Stadermann, M., and Wild, C. Mitigation of X-ray shadow seeding of hydrodynamic instabilities on inertial confinement fusion capsules using a reduced diameter fuel fill-tube.  United States: N. p., 2018. 
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                    MacPhee, A. G., Smalyuk, V. A., Landen, O. L., Weber, C. R., Robey, H. F., Alfonso, E. L., Biener, J., Bunn, T., Crippen, J. W., Farrell, M., Felker, S., Field, J. E., Hsing, W. W., Kong, C., Milovich, J., Moore, A., Nikroo, A., Rice, N., Stadermann, M., & Wild, C. Mitigation of X-ray shadow seeding of hydrodynamic instabilities on inertial confinement fusion capsules using a reduced diameter fuel fill-tube.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5025183

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                    MacPhee, A. G., Smalyuk, V. A., Landen, O. L., Weber, C. R., Robey, H. F., Alfonso, E. L., Biener, J., Bunn, T., Crippen, J. W., Farrell, M., Felker, S., Field, J. E., Hsing, W. W., Kong, C., Milovich, J., Moore, A., Nikroo, A., Rice, N., Stadermann, M., and Wild, C. Mon .  
        "Mitigation of X-ray shadow seeding of hydrodynamic instabilities on inertial confinement fusion capsules using a reduced diameter fuel fill-tube".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5025183.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1718988.

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@article{osti_1718988,

  title        = {Mitigation of X-ray shadow seeding of hydrodynamic instabilities on inertial confinement fusion capsules using a reduced diameter fuel fill-tube},

  author       = {MacPhee, A. G. and Smalyuk, V. A. and Landen, O. L. and Weber, C. R. and Robey, H. F. and Alfonso, E. L. and Biener, J. and Bunn, T. and Crippen, J. W. and Farrell, M. and Felker, S. and Field, J. E. and Hsing, W. W. and Kong, C. and Milovich, J. and Moore, A. and Nikroo, A. and Rice, N. and Stadermann, M. and Wild, C.},

  abstractNote = {We report a reduced X-ray shadow imprint of hydrodynamic instabilities on the high-density carbon ablator surface of inertial confinement fusion (ICF) capsules using a reduced diameter fuel fill tube on the National Ignition Facility (NIF). The perturbation seed mass from hydrodynamic instabilities was reduced by approximately an order of magnitude by reducing both the diameter and wall thickness of the fill tube by ~2×, consistent with analytical estimates. Overall, this work demonstrates a successful mitigation strategy for engineered features for ICF implosions on the NIF.},

  doi          = {10.1063/1.5025183},

  url          = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1718988},
  journal      = {Physics of Plasmas},

  issn         = {1070-664X},

  number       = 5,

  volume       = 25,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {2018},

  month        = {5}

}

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Symmetry control of an indirectly driven high-density-carbon implosion at high convergence and high velocity journal, May 2017

Indirect-drive ablative Richtmyer Meshkov node scaling journal, May 2016

Hot-Spot Mix in Ignition-Scale Inertial Confinement Fusion Targets journal, July 2013

Capsule implosion optimization during the indirect-drive National Ignition Campaign journal, May 2011

The experimental plan for cryogenic layered target implosions on the National Ignition Facility—The inertial confinement approach to fusion journal, May 2011

Mitigating the impact of hohlraum asymmetries in National Ignition Facility implosions using capsule shims journal, July 2016

Instability growth seeded by oxygen in CH shells on the National Ignition Facility journal, March 2015

Areal density evolution of isolated surface perturbations at the onset of x-ray ablation Richtmyer-Meshkov growth journal, September 2011

Hydrodynamic instability growth of three-dimensional, “native-roughness” modulations in x-ray driven, spherical implosions at the National Ignition Facility journal, July 2015

Performance of High-Convergence, Layered DT Implosions with Extended-Duration Pulses at the National Ignition Facility journal, November 2013

Validating hydrodynamic growth in National Ignition Facility implosionsa) journal, May 2015

Laser Compression of Matter to Super-High Densities: Thermonuclear (CTR) Applications journal, September 1972

The National Ignition Facility journal, December 2004

Fill-Tube-Induced Mass Perturbations on X-Ray-Driven, Ignition-Scale, Inertial-Confinement-Fusion Capsule Shells and the Implications for Ignition Experiments journal, November 2007

Direct-drive inertial confinement fusion: A review journal, November 2015

The physics basis for ignition using indirect-drive targets on the National Ignition Facility journal, February 2004

Hydrodynamic instability experiments with three-dimensional modulations at the National Ignition Facility journal, January 2015

Instability of the interface of two gases accelerated by a shock wave journal, January 1972

Hydrodynamic instability growth and mix experiments at the National Ignition Facility journal, May 2014

Taylor instability in shock acceleration of compressible fluids journal, May 1960

Mitigating Laser Imprint in Direct-Drive Inertial Confinement Fusion Implosions with High- Z Dopants journal, May 2012

Indirect drive ignition at the National Ignition Facility journal, October 2016

Investigation of the Character of the Equilibrium of an Incompressible Heavy Fluid of Variable Density journal, November 1882

Improved Performance of High Areal Density Indirect Drive Implosions at the National Ignition Facility using a Four-Shock Adiabat Shaped Drive journal, September 2015

Theory of the Ablative Richtmyer-Meshkov Instability journal, March 1999

Observations of multimode perturbation decay at non-accelerating, soft x-ray driven ablation fronts journal, December 2012

X-ray shadow imprint of hydrodynamic instabilities on the surface of inertial confinement fusion capsules by the fuel fill tube journal, March 2017

Hydrodynamic instabilities seeded by the X-ray shadow of ICF capsule fill-tubes journal, August 2018

Development of new platforms for hydrodynamic instability and asymmetry measurements in deceleration phase of indirectly driven implosions on NIF journal, August 2018

Robustness to hydrodynamic instabilities in indirectly driven layered capsule implosions journal, January 2019

Approaching a burning plasma on the NIF journal, May 2019

Three-dimensional modeling and hydrodynamic scaling of National Ignition Facility implosions journal, May 2019

Making inertial confinement fusion models more predictive journal, August 2019

Computational study of instability and fill tube mitigation strategies for double shell implosions journal, October 2019

Mixing in ICF implosions on the National Ignition Facility caused by the fill-tube journal, March 2020

Beyond alpha-heating: driving inertially confined fusion implosions toward a burning-plasma state on the National Ignition Facility journal, November 2018

Progress of indirect drive inertial confinement fusion in the United States journal, July 2019

Suppression of Laser Nonuniformity Imprinting Using a Thin High- $Z$ Coating
journal, February 2015

First results of radiation-driven, layered deuterium-tritium implosions with a 3-shock adiabat-shaped drive at the National Ignition Facility
journal, August 2015

First Measurements of Fuel-Ablator Interface Instability Growth in Inertial Confinement Fusion Implosions on the National Ignition Facility
journal, August 2016

Stabilization of high-compression, indirect-drive inertial confinement fusion implosions using a 4-shock adiabat-shaped drive
journal, August 2015

Onset of Hydrodynamic Mix in High-Velocity, Highly Compressed Inertial Confinement Fusion Implosions
journal, August 2013

Grand challenges of inertial fusion energy
journal, August 2010

Performance of indirectly driven capsule implosions on the National Ignition Facility using adiabat-shaping
journal, May 2016

Acceleration and deceleration model of indirect drive ICF capsules
journal, November 2006

Reduced instability growth with high-adiabat high-foot implosions at the National Ignition Facility
journal, July 2014

Point design targets, specifications, and requirements for the 2010 ignition campaign on the National Ignition Facility
journal, May 2011

The near vacuum hohlraum campaign at the NIF: A new approach
journal, May 2016

Experimental reduction of laser imprinting and Rayleigh–Taylor growth in spherically compressed, medium-Z-doped plastic targets
journal, June 2012

An in-flight radiography platform to measure hydrodynamic instability growth in inertial confinement fusion capsules at the National Ignition Facility
journal, July 2014

Direct Observation of Mass Oscillations Due to Ablative Richtmyer-Meshkov Instability in Plastic Targets
journal, December 2001

High-gain direct-drive target design for laser fusion
journal, June 2000

The National Ignition Facility: Ushering in a new age for high energy density science
journal, April 2009

Three-dimensional hydrodynamics of the deceleration stage in inertial confinement fusion
journal, March 2015

The effects of target mounts in direct-drive implosions on OMEGA
journal, August 2009

Improved performance of direct-drive inertial confinement fusion target designs with adiabat shaping using an intensity picket
journal, May 2003

Three-dimensional simulations of low foot and high foot implosion experiments on the National Ignition Facility
journal, March 2016

First Measurements of Hydrodynamic Instability Growth in Indirectly Driven Implosions at Ignition-Relevant Conditions on the National Ignition Facility
journal, May 2014

Symmetry control of an indirectly driven high-density-carbon implosion at high convergence and high velocity
journal, May 2017

Indirect-drive ablative Richtmyer Meshkov node scaling
journal, May 2016

Hot-Spot Mix in Ignition-Scale Inertial Confinement Fusion Targets
journal, July 2013

Capsule implosion optimization during the indirect-drive National Ignition Campaign
journal, May 2011

The experimental plan for cryogenic layered target implosions on the National Ignition Facility—The inertial confinement approach to fusion
journal, May 2011

Mitigating the impact of hohlraum asymmetries in National Ignition Facility implosions using capsule shims
journal, July 2016

Instability growth seeded by oxygen in CH shells on the National Ignition Facility
journal, March 2015

Areal density evolution of isolated surface perturbations at the onset of x-ray ablation Richtmyer-Meshkov growth
journal, September 2011

Hydrodynamic instability growth of three-dimensional, “native-roughness” modulations in x-ray driven, spherical implosions at the National Ignition Facility
journal, July 2015

Performance of High-Convergence, Layered DT Implosions with Extended-Duration Pulses at the National Ignition Facility
journal, November 2013

Validating hydrodynamic growth in National Ignition Facility implosionsa)
journal, May 2015

Laser Compression of Matter to Super-High Densities: Thermonuclear (CTR) Applications
journal, September 1972

The National Ignition Facility
journal, December 2004

Fill-Tube-Induced Mass Perturbations on X-Ray-Driven, Ignition-Scale, Inertial-Confinement-Fusion Capsule Shells and the Implications for Ignition Experiments
journal, November 2007

Direct-drive inertial confinement fusion: A review
journal, November 2015

The physics basis for ignition using indirect-drive targets on the National Ignition Facility
journal, February 2004

Hydrodynamic instability experiments with three-dimensional modulations at the National Ignition Facility
journal, January 2015

Instability of the interface of two gases accelerated by a shock wave
journal, January 1972

Hydrodynamic instability growth and mix experiments at the National Ignition Facility
journal, May 2014

Taylor instability in shock acceleration of compressible fluids
journal, May 1960

Mitigating Laser Imprint in Direct-Drive Inertial Confinement Fusion Implosions with High- $Z$ Dopants
journal, May 2012

Indirect drive ignition at the National Ignition Facility
journal, October 2016

Investigation of the Character of the Equilibrium of an Incompressible Heavy Fluid of Variable Density
journal, November 1882

Improved Performance of High Areal Density Indirect Drive Implosions at the National Ignition Facility using a Four-Shock Adiabat Shaped Drive
journal, September 2015

Theory of the Ablative Richtmyer-Meshkov Instability
journal, March 1999

Observations of multimode perturbation decay at non-accelerating, soft x-ray driven ablation fronts
journal, December 2012

X-ray shadow imprint of hydrodynamic instabilities on the surface of inertial confinement fusion capsules by the fuel fill tube
journal, March 2017

Hydrodynamic instabilities seeded by the X-ray shadow of ICF capsule fill-tubes
journal, August 2018

Development of new platforms for hydrodynamic instability and asymmetry measurements in deceleration phase of indirectly driven implosions on NIF
journal, August 2018

Robustness to hydrodynamic instabilities in indirectly driven layered capsule implosions
journal, January 2019

Approaching a burning plasma on the NIF
journal, May 2019

Three-dimensional modeling and hydrodynamic scaling of National Ignition Facility implosions
journal, May 2019

Making inertial confinement fusion models more predictive
journal, August 2019

Computational study of instability and fill tube mitigation strategies for double shell implosions
journal, October 2019

Mixing in ICF implosions on the National Ignition Facility caused by the fill-tube
journal, March 2020

Beyond alpha-heating: driving inertially confined fusion implosions toward a burning-plasma state on the National Ignition Facility
journal, November 2018

Progress of indirect drive inertial confinement fusion in the United States
journal, July 2019