Hybrid particle-in-cell simulations of laser-driven plasma interpenetration, heating, and entrainment
Abstract
Kinetic-ion, quasineutral, fluid-electron particle-in-cell simulations of interpenetrating carbon–carbon plasma flows in 2D RZ cylindrical geometry are presented. The simulations are initialized with solid density targets that are subsequently irradiated by 1014 W/cm2 intensity lasers using a raytracing package. The ablation, interpenetration, heating, slowing, entrainment, and stagnation of the plasma flows evolve self-consistently within the code. The particle density, velocity phase space, and fits to the velocity distribution functions are used, along with analytical collisional stopping rates, to interpret the dynamics of the flow evolution. Comparisons to multifluid simulations are described and used to highlight ion-kinetic effects in the setup. Synthetic Thomson scattering diagnostic signals are generated using detailed knowledge of the plasma distribution functions. The large scale of the system, 1 × 1 mm for 2 ns, and the detailed dynamics extracted demonstrate that such hybrid codes are powerful tools for the design and evaluation of laboratory-scale high-energy-density plasma physics experiments.
- Authors:
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[1];
[1];
[2];
- Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
- Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States); Stanford Univ., CA (United States)
- Univ. of Rochester, NY (United States). Lab. for Laser Energetics
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1601942
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1573430
- Report Number(s):
- LLNL-JRNL-773892
Journal ID: ISSN 1070-664X; 966151; TRN: US2103690
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC52-07NA27344
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Physics of Plasmas
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 26; Journal Issue: 11; Journal ID: ISSN 1070-664X
- Publisher:
- American Institute of Physics (AIP)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY; Plasma physics
Citation Formats
Higginson, D. P., Amendt, P., Meezan, N., Riedel, W., Rinderknecht, H. G., Wilks, S. C., and Zimmerman, G. Hybrid particle-in-cell simulations of laser-driven plasma interpenetration, heating, and entrainment. United States: N. p., 2019.
Web. doi:10.1063/1.5110512.
Higginson, D. P., Amendt, P., Meezan, N., Riedel, W., Rinderknecht, H. G., Wilks, S. C., & Zimmerman, G. Hybrid particle-in-cell simulations of laser-driven plasma interpenetration, heating, and entrainment. United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5110512
Higginson, D. P., Amendt, P., Meezan, N., Riedel, W., Rinderknecht, H. G., Wilks, S. C., and Zimmerman, G. Thu .
"Hybrid particle-in-cell simulations of laser-driven plasma interpenetration, heating, and entrainment". United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5110512. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1601942.
@article{osti_1601942,
title = {Hybrid particle-in-cell simulations of laser-driven plasma interpenetration, heating, and entrainment},
author = {Higginson, D. P. and Amendt, P. and Meezan, N. and Riedel, W. and Rinderknecht, H. G. and Wilks, S. C. and Zimmerman, G.},
abstractNote = {Kinetic-ion, quasineutral, fluid-electron particle-in-cell simulations of interpenetrating carbon–carbon plasma flows in 2D RZ cylindrical geometry are presented. The simulations are initialized with solid density targets that are subsequently irradiated by 1014 W/cm2 intensity lasers using a raytracing package. The ablation, interpenetration, heating, slowing, entrainment, and stagnation of the plasma flows evolve self-consistently within the code. The particle density, velocity phase space, and fits to the velocity distribution functions are used, along with analytical collisional stopping rates, to interpret the dynamics of the flow evolution. Comparisons to multifluid simulations are described and used to highlight ion-kinetic effects in the setup. Synthetic Thomson scattering diagnostic signals are generated using detailed knowledge of the plasma distribution functions. The large scale of the system, 1 × 1 mm for 2 ns, and the detailed dynamics extracted demonstrate that such hybrid codes are powerful tools for the design and evaluation of laboratory-scale high-energy-density plasma physics experiments.},
doi = {10.1063/1.5110512},
journal = {Physics of Plasmas},
number = 11,
volume = 26,
place = {United States},
year = {2019},
month = {11}
}
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