The hydrodynamics of the dense confining fuel shell is of great importance in defining the behavior of the burning plasma and burn propagation regimes of inertial confinement fusion experiments. However, it is difficult to probe due to its low emissivity in comparison with the central fusion core. In this work, we utilize the backscattered neutron spectroscopy technique to directly measure the hydrodynamic conditions of the dense fuel during fusion burn. Experimental data are fit to obtain dense fuel velocities and apparent ion temperatures. Trends of these inferred parameters with yield and velocity of the burning plasma are used to investigate their dependence on alpha heating and low mode drive asymmetry. It is shown that the dense fuel layer has an increased outward radial velocity as yield increases, showing that burn has continued into re-expansion, a key signature of hotspot ignition. A comparison with analytic and simulation models shows that the observed dense fuel parameters are displaying signatures of burn propagation into the dense fuel layer, including a rapid increase in dense fuel apparent ion temperature with neutron yield.
Crilly, Aidan J., et al. "Measurements of dense fuel hydrodynamics in the NIF burning plasma experiments using backscattered neutron spectroscopy." Physics of Plasmas, vol. 31, no. 4, Apr. 2024. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0203096
Crilly, Aidan J., Schlossberg, David J., Appelbe, Brian D., Moore, Alastair S., Jeet, Justin, Kerr, Shaun, Rubery, Michael, Lahmann, Brandon, O'Neill, Sam, Forrest, Chad J., Mannion, Owen M., & Chittenden, Jeremy P. (2024). Measurements of dense fuel hydrodynamics in the NIF burning plasma experiments using backscattered neutron spectroscopy. Physics of Plasmas, 31(4). https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0203096
Crilly, Aidan J., Schlossberg, David J., Appelbe, Brian D., et al., "Measurements of dense fuel hydrodynamics in the NIF burning plasma experiments using backscattered neutron spectroscopy," Physics of Plasmas 31, no. 4 (2024), https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0203096
@article{osti_2333741,
author = {Crilly, Aidan J. and Schlossberg, David J. and Appelbe, Brian D. and Moore, Alastair S. and Jeet, Justin and Kerr, Shaun and Rubery, Michael and Lahmann, Brandon and O'Neill, Sam and Forrest, Chad J. and others},
title = {Measurements of dense fuel hydrodynamics in the NIF burning plasma experiments using backscattered neutron spectroscopy},
annote = {The hydrodynamics of the dense confining fuel shell is of great importance in defining the behavior of the burning plasma and burn propagation regimes of inertial confinement fusion experiments. However, it is difficult to probe due to its low emissivity in comparison with the central fusion core. In this work, we utilize the backscattered neutron spectroscopy technique to directly measure the hydrodynamic conditions of the dense fuel during fusion burn. Experimental data are fit to obtain dense fuel velocities and apparent ion temperatures. Trends of these inferred parameters with yield and velocity of the burning plasma are used to investigate their dependence on alpha heating and low mode drive asymmetry. It is shown that the dense fuel layer has an increased outward radial velocity as yield increases, showing that burn has continued into re-expansion, a key signature of hotspot ignition. A comparison with analytic and simulation models shows that the observed dense fuel parameters are displaying signatures of burn propagation into the dense fuel layer, including a rapid increase in dense fuel apparent ion temperature with neutron yield.},
doi = {10.1063/5.0203096},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/2333741},
journal = {Physics of Plasmas},
issn = {ISSN 1070-664X},
number = {4},
volume = {31},
place = {United States},
publisher = {American Institute of Physics (AIP)},
year = {2024},
month = {04}}
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