Rayleigh–Taylor instabilities in high-energy density settings on the National Ignition Facility

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Title: Rayleigh–Taylor instabilities in high-energy density settings on the National Ignition Facility

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Here, the Rayleigh–Taylor (RT) instability occurs at an interface between two fluids of differing density during an acceleration. These instabilities can occur in very diverse settings, from inertial confinement fusion (ICF) implosions over spatial scales of ~10 ^–3 – 10 ^–1 cm (10–1,000 μm) to supernova explosions at spatial scales of ~10 ¹² cm and larger. We describe experiments and techniques for reducing (“stabilizing”) RT growth in high-energy density (HED) settings on the National Ignition Facility (NIF) at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. Three unique regimes of stabilization are described: ( i) at an ablation front, ( ii) behind a radiative shock, and ( iii) due to material strength. For comparison, we also show results from nonstabilized “classical” RT instability evolution in HED regimes on the NIF. Examples from experiments on the NIF in each regime are given. These phenomena also occur in several astrophysical scenarios and planetary science.

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Remington, Bruce A. ^[1]; Park, Hye -Sook ^[1]; Casey, Daniel T. ^[1]; Cavallo, Robert M. ^[1]; Clark, Daniel S. ^[1]; Huntington, Channing M. ^[1]; Kuranz, Carolyn C. ^[2]; Miles, Aaron R. ^[1]; Nagel, Sabrina R. ^[1]; Raman, Kumar S. ^[1]; Smalyuk, Vladimir A. ^[1]

Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (United States)

Publication Date:: 2018-06-26

Research Org.:: Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)

OSTI Identifier:: 1479084

Report Number(s):: LLNL-JRNL-739404
Journal ID: ISSN 0027-8424; 892925

Grant/Contract Number:: AC52-07NA27344

Resource Type:: Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Name: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America; Journal ID: ISSN 0027-8424

Publisher:: National Academy of Sciences, Washington, DC (United States)

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS; Rayleigh–Taylor instability; high-energy density experiments; National Ignition Facility

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                    Remington, Bruce A., Park, Hye -Sook, Casey, Daniel T., Cavallo, Robert M., Clark, Daniel S., Huntington, Channing M., Kuranz, Carolyn C., Miles, Aaron R., Nagel, Sabrina R., Raman, Kumar S., and Smalyuk, Vladimir A. Rayleigh–Taylor instabilities in high-energy density settings on the National Ignition Facility.  United States: N. p., 2018. 
        Web.  doi:10.1073/pnas.1717236115.

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                    Remington, Bruce A., Park, Hye -Sook, Casey, Daniel T., Cavallo, Robert M., Clark, Daniel S., Huntington, Channing M., Kuranz, Carolyn C., Miles, Aaron R., Nagel, Sabrina R., Raman, Kumar S., & Smalyuk, Vladimir A. Rayleigh–Taylor instabilities in high-energy density settings on the National Ignition Facility.  United States.  doi:10.1073/pnas.1717236115.

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                    Remington, Bruce A., Park, Hye -Sook, Casey, Daniel T., Cavallo, Robert M., Clark, Daniel S., Huntington, Channing M., Kuranz, Carolyn C., Miles, Aaron R., Nagel, Sabrina R., Raman, Kumar S., and Smalyuk, Vladimir A. Tue .  
        "Rayleigh–Taylor instabilities in high-energy density settings on the National Ignition Facility".  United States.  doi:10.1073/pnas.1717236115.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1479084.

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@article{osti_1479084,

  title        = {Rayleigh–Taylor instabilities in high-energy density settings on the National Ignition Facility},

  author       = {Remington, Bruce A. and Park, Hye -Sook and Casey, Daniel T. and Cavallo, Robert M. and Clark, Daniel S. and Huntington, Channing M. and Kuranz, Carolyn C. and Miles, Aaron R. and Nagel, Sabrina R. and Raman, Kumar S. and Smalyuk, Vladimir A.},

  abstractNote = {Here, the Rayleigh–Taylor (RT) instability occurs at an interface between two fluids of differing density during an acceleration. These instabilities can occur in very diverse settings, from inertial confinement fusion (ICF) implosions over spatial scales of ~10–3 – 10–1 cm (10–1,000 μm) to supernova explosions at spatial scales of ~1012 cm and larger. We describe experiments and techniques for reducing (“stabilizing”) RT growth in high-energy density (HED) settings on the National Ignition Facility (NIF) at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. Three unique regimes of stabilization are described: (i) at an ablation front, (ii) behind a radiative shock, and (iii) due to material strength. For comparison, we also show results from nonstabilized “classical” RT instability evolution in HED regimes on the NIF. Examples from experiments on the NIF in each regime are given. These phenomena also occur in several astrophysical scenarios and planetary science.},

  doi          = {10.1073/pnas.1717236115},

  journal      = {Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America},

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  place        = {United States},

  year         = {2018},

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