Direct-drive hydrodynamic instability experiments on the GEKKO XII laser
- Institute of Laser Engineering, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka 565 (Japan)
- Osaka Institute of Technology, Omiya, Asahi-ku, Osaka 535 (Japan)
- Center for Integrated Research in Science and Engineering, Nagoya University, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-01 (Japan)
Hydrodynamic instabilities, such as the Rayleigh{endash}Taylor (R{endash}T) instability, play a critical role in inertial confinement fusion as they finally cause fuel-pusher mixing that potentially quenches thermonuclear ignition. Good understanding of the instabilities is necessary to limit the mixing within a tolerable level. A series of experiments has been conducted on the GEKKO XII laser facility [C. Yamanaka {ital et al.}, IEEE J. Quantum Electron. {bold QE-17}, 1639 (1981)] to measure hydrodynamic instabilities in planar foils directly irradiated by 0.53 {mu}m laser light. It has been found that (1) the imprint is reasonably explained by an imprint model based on the equation of motion with the pressure perturbation smoothed by the cloudy-day effect, and (2) the experimental R{endash}T growth rate is significantly reduced from the classical growth rate due probably to ablative stabilization enhanced by nonlocal heat transport. {copyright} {ital 1997 American Institute of Physics.}
- OSTI ID:
- 544864
- Journal Information:
- Physics of Plasmas, Journal Name: Physics of Plasmas Journal Issue: 11 Vol. 4; ISSN PHPAEN; ISSN 1070-664X
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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