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Title: High-density carbon capsule experiments on the national ignition facility

Abstract

Indirect-drive implosions with a high-density carbon (HDC) capsule were conducted on the National Ignition Facility (NIF) to test HDC properties as an ablator material for inertial confinement fusion. In this study, a series of five experiments were completed with 76-μm-thick HDC capsules using a four-shock laser pulse optimized for HDC. The pulse delivered a total energy of 1.3 MJ with a peak power of 360 TW. The experiment demonstrated good laser to target coupling (~90 %) and excellent nuclear performance. Lastly, a deuterium and tritium gas-filled HDC capsule implosion produced a neutron yield of 1.6×1015 ± 3×1013, a yield over simulated in one dimension of 70%.

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  1. Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
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Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1406422
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1179891
Report Number(s):
LLNL-JRNL-648048
Journal ID: ISSN 1539-3755; PLEEE8
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC52-07NA27344; 06-ERD-056
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Physical Review. E, Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 91; Journal Issue: 2; Journal ID: ISSN 1539-3755
Publisher:
American Physical Society (APS)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
42 ENGINEERING; 70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION

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Ross, J. S., Ho, D., Milovich, J., Döppner, T., McNaney, J., MacPhee, A. G., Hamza, A., Biener, J., Robey, H. F., Dewald, E. L., Tommasini, R., Divol, L., Le Pape, S., Hopkins, L. Berzak, Celliers, P. M., Landen, O., Meezan, N. B., and Mackinnon, A. J. High-density carbon capsule experiments on the national ignition facility. United States: N. p., 2015. Web. doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.91.021101.
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Ross, J. S., Ho, D., Milovich, J., Döppner, T., McNaney, J., MacPhee, A. G., Hamza, A., Biener, J., Robey, H. F., Dewald, E. L., Tommasini, R., Divol, L., Le Pape, S., Hopkins, L. Berzak, Celliers, P. M., Landen, O., Meezan, N. B., & Mackinnon, A. J. High-density carbon capsule experiments on the national ignition facility. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.91.021101
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Ross, J. S., Ho, D., Milovich, J., Döppner, T., McNaney, J., MacPhee, A. G., Hamza, A., Biener, J., Robey, H. F., Dewald, E. L., Tommasini, R., Divol, L., Le Pape, S., Hopkins, L. Berzak, Celliers, P. M., Landen, O., Meezan, N. B., and Mackinnon, A. J. Wed . "High-density carbon capsule experiments on the national ignition facility". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.91.021101. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1406422.
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@article{osti_1406422,
title = {High-density carbon capsule experiments on the national ignition facility},
author = {Ross, J. S. and Ho, D. and Milovich, J. and Döppner, T. and McNaney, J. and MacPhee, A. G. and Hamza, A. and Biener, J. and Robey, H. F. and Dewald, E. L. and Tommasini, R. and Divol, L. and Le Pape, S. and Hopkins, L. Berzak and Celliers, P. M. and Landen, O. and Meezan, N. B. and Mackinnon, A. J.},
abstractNote = {Indirect-drive implosions with a high-density carbon (HDC) capsule were conducted on the National Ignition Facility (NIF) to test HDC properties as an ablator material for inertial confinement fusion. In this study, a series of five experiments were completed with 76-μm-thick HDC capsules using a four-shock laser pulse optimized for HDC. The pulse delivered a total energy of 1.3 MJ with a peak power of 360 TW. The experiment demonstrated good laser to target coupling (~90 %) and excellent nuclear performance. Lastly, a deuterium and tritium gas-filled HDC capsule implosion produced a neutron yield of 1.6×1015 ± 3×1013, a yield over simulated in one dimension of 70%.},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevE.91.021101},
journal = {Physical Review. E, Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics},
number = 2,
volume = 91,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Feb 25 00:00:00 EST 2015},
month = {Wed Feb 25 00:00:00 EST 2015}
}
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