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Title: Exploring extreme magnetization phenomena in directly driven imploding cylindrical targets

Journal Article · · Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion

Abstract This paper uses extended-magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) simulations to explore an extreme magnetized plasma regime realizable by cylindrical implosions on the OMEGA laser facility. This regime is characterized by highly compressed magnetic fields (greater than 10 kT across the fuel), which contain a significant proportion of the implosion energy and induce large electrical currents in the plasma. Parameters governing the different magnetization processes such as Ohmic dissipation and suppression of instabilities by magnetic tension are presented, allowing for optimization of experiments to study specific phenomena. For instance, a dopant added to the target gas-fill can enhance magnetic flux compression while enabling spectroscopic diagnosis of the imploding core. In particular, the use of Ar K-shell spectroscopy is investigated by performing detailed non-LTE atomic kinetics and radiative transfer calculations on the MHD data. Direct measurement of the core electron density and temperature would be possible, allowing for both the impact of magnetization on the final temperature and thermal pressure to be obtained. By assuming the magnetic field is frozen into the plasma motion, which is shown to be a good approximation for highly magnetized implosions, spectroscopic diagnosis could be used to estimate which magnetization processes are ruling the implosion dynamics; for example, a relation is given for inferring whether thermally driven or current-driven transport is dominating.

Research Organization:
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States); Univ. of California, San Diego, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), Office of Defense Nuclear Security; EUROfusion Consortium; French National Research Agency (ANR); Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation
Grant/Contract Number:
NA0003940; AC52-07NA27344; 633053; PID2019-108764RB-I00; ANR-10-IDEX-03-02; ANR-15-CE30-0011; ANR-17-EURE-0027
OSTI ID:
1839460
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 1833433; OSTI ID: 1860822; OSTI ID: 1908726
Report Number(s):
LLNL-JRNL-824225
Journal Information:
Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion, Journal Name: Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion Vol. 64 Journal Issue: 2; ISSN 0741-3335
Publisher:
IOP PublishingCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United Kingdom
Language:
English

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