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Title: Measurement of hydrodynamic growth near peak velocity in an inertial confinement fusion capsule implosion using a self-radiography technique

Abstract

First measurements of hydrodynamic growth near peak implosion velocity in an inertial confinement fusion (ICF) implosion at the National Ignition Facility were obtained using a self-radiographing technique and a preimposed Legendre mode 40, λ = 140 μm, sinusoidal perturbation. These are the first measurements of the total growth at the most unstable mode from acceleration Rayleigh-Taylor achieved in any ICF experiment to date, showing growth of the areal density perturbation of ~7000×. Measurements were made at convergences of ~5 to ~10× at both the waist and pole of the capsule, demonstrating simultaneous measurements of the growth factors from both lines of sight. The areal density growth factors are an order of magnitude larger than prior experimental measurements and differed by ~2× between the waist and the pole, showing asymmetry in the measured growth factors. As a result, these new measurements significantly advance our ability to diagnose perturbations detrimental to ICF implosions, uniquely intersecting the change from an accelerating to decelerating shell, with multiple simultaneous angular views.

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  1. Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
  2. Univ. of Rochester, Rochester, NY (United States)
  3. General Atomics, San Diego, CA (United States)
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Lawrence Livermore National Lab., Livermore, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1281686
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1261225
Report Number(s):
LLNL-JRNL-681089
Journal ID: ISSN 0031-9007
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC52-07NA27344
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Physical Review Letters
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 117; Journal Issue: 3; Journal ID: ISSN 0031-9007
Publisher:
American Physical Society (APS)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION

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Pickworth, L. A., Hammel, B. A., Smalyuk, V. A., MacPhee, A. G., Scott, H. A., Robey, H. F., Landen, O. L., Barrios, M. A., Regan, S. P., Schneider, M. B., Hoppe, Jr., M., Kohut, T., Holunga, D., Walters, C., Haid, B., and Dayton, M. Measurement of hydrodynamic growth near peak velocity in an inertial confinement fusion capsule implosion using a self-radiography technique. United States: N. p., 2016. Web. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.117.035001.
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Pickworth, L. A., Hammel, B. A., Smalyuk, V. A., MacPhee, A. G., Scott, H. A., Robey, H. F., Landen, O. L., Barrios, M. A., Regan, S. P., Schneider, M. B., Hoppe, Jr., M., Kohut, T., Holunga, D., Walters, C., Haid, B., & Dayton, M. Measurement of hydrodynamic growth near peak velocity in an inertial confinement fusion capsule implosion using a self-radiography technique. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.117.035001
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Pickworth, L. A., Hammel, B. A., Smalyuk, V. A., MacPhee, A. G., Scott, H. A., Robey, H. F., Landen, O. L., Barrios, M. A., Regan, S. P., Schneider, M. B., Hoppe, Jr., M., Kohut, T., Holunga, D., Walters, C., Haid, B., and Dayton, M. Mon . "Measurement of hydrodynamic growth near peak velocity in an inertial confinement fusion capsule implosion using a self-radiography technique". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.117.035001. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1281686.
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@article{osti_1281686,
title = {Measurement of hydrodynamic growth near peak velocity in an inertial confinement fusion capsule implosion using a self-radiography technique},
author = {Pickworth, L. A. and Hammel, B. A. and Smalyuk, V. A. and MacPhee, A. G. and Scott, H. A. and Robey, H. F. and Landen, O. L. and Barrios, M. A. and Regan, S. P. and Schneider, M. B. and Hoppe, Jr., M. and Kohut, T. and Holunga, D. and Walters, C. and Haid, B. and Dayton, M.},
abstractNote = {First measurements of hydrodynamic growth near peak implosion velocity in an inertial confinement fusion (ICF) implosion at the National Ignition Facility were obtained using a self-radiographing technique and a preimposed Legendre mode 40, λ = 140 μm, sinusoidal perturbation. These are the first measurements of the total growth at the most unstable mode from acceleration Rayleigh-Taylor achieved in any ICF experiment to date, showing growth of the areal density perturbation of ~7000×. Measurements were made at convergences of ~5 to ~10× at both the waist and pole of the capsule, demonstrating simultaneous measurements of the growth factors from both lines of sight. The areal density growth factors are an order of magnitude larger than prior experimental measurements and differed by ~2× between the waist and the pole, showing asymmetry in the measured growth factors. As a result, these new measurements significantly advance our ability to diagnose perturbations detrimental to ICF implosions, uniquely intersecting the change from an accelerating to decelerating shell, with multiple simultaneous angular views.},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevLett.117.035001},
journal = {Physical Review Letters},
number = 3,
volume = 117,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Jul 11 00:00:00 EDT 2016},
month = {Mon Jul 11 00:00:00 EDT 2016}
}
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