Modeling of direct-drive cylindrical implosion experiments with an Eulerian radiation-hydrodynamics code

Sauppe, Joshua Paul; Haines, Brian Michael; Palaniyappan, Sasikumar; Bradley, Paul Andrew; Batha, Steven H.; Loomis, Eric Nicholas; Kline, John L.

doi:10.1063/1.5083851

Title: Modeling of direct-drive cylindrical implosion experiments with an Eulerian radiation-hydrodynamics code

Journal Article · Tue Apr 09 00:00:00 EDT 2019 · Physics of Plasmas

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5083851· OSTI ID:1511622

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Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)

Recent improvements to xRAGE, Los Alamos National Laboratory's Eulerian radiation-hydrodynamics code, have enabled the computation of laser-driven experiments relevant to inertial confinement fusion and high energy density physics. Here, previous directly driven cylindrical implosion experiments are modeled in order to benchmark xRAGE design simulations for future cylindrical implosion experiments, representing the first attempt to model such systems with an Eulerian code with adaptive mesh refinement. Simulations in 2D of transverse and axial cross-sections of the cylindrical target are performed, and the results are combined to form a 3D representation of the imploding cylinder. Synthetic radiographs are produced and analyzed from the simulation results, allowing for a direct comparison with experimentally measured quantities. The zeroth-order hydrodynamic trajectories of targets with no specified initial perturbation are well matched by the computations. Simulations of targets with a preimposed sinusoidal perturbation in the azimuthal direction show single-mode instability growth that is in agreement with the available data, but higher fidelity experimental measurements are required to enable more detailed comparisons. As a result, the mode growth observed in computations compares favorably with predictions of a linear theory for the ablative Rayleigh-Taylor instability.

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Research Organization:: Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

Grant/Contract Number:: 89233218CNA000001; AC52-06NA25396

OSTI ID:: 1511622

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1505878

Report Number(s):: LA-UR-18-31225

Journal Information:: Physics of Plasmas, Vol. 26, Issue 4; ISSN 1070-664X

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

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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