Hybrid particle-in-cell simulations of laser-driven plasma interpenetration, heating, and entrainment

Higginson, D. P.; Amendt, P.; Meezan, N.; Riedel, W.; Rinderknecht, H. G.; Wilks, S. C.; Zimmerman, G.

doi:10.1063/1.5110512

Title: Hybrid particle-in-cell simulations of laser-driven plasma interpenetration, heating, and entrainment

Journal Article · 07 November 2019 · Physics of Plasmas

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5110512 · OSTI ID:1601942

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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

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.

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Research Organization:: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC52-07NA27344

OSTI ID:: 1601942

Report Number(s):: LLNL-JRNL--773892; 966151

Journal Information:: Physics of Plasmas, Journal Name: Physics of Plasmas Journal Issue: 11 Vol. 26; ISSN 1070-664X

Publisher:: American Institute of Physics (AIP)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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