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Shan LQ, Cai HB, Zhang WS, Tang Q, Zhang F, Song ZF, Bi B, Ge FJ, Chen JB, Liu DX, Wang WW, Yang ZH, Qi W, Tian C, Yuan ZQ, Zhang B, Yang L, Jiao JL, Cui B, Zhou WM, Cao LF, Zhou CT, Gu YQ, Zhang BH, Zhu SP, He XT. Experimental Evidence of Kinetic Effects in Indirect-Drive Inertial Confinement Fusion Hohlraums. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2018; 120:195001. [PMID: 29799245 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.120.195001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2017] [Revised: 01/19/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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We present the first experimental evidence supported by simulations of kinetic effects launched in the interpenetration layer between the laser-driven hohlraum plasma bubbles and the corona plasma of the compressed pellet at the Shenguang-III prototype laser facility. Solid plastic capsules were coated with carbon-deuterium layers; as the implosion neutron yield is quenched, DD fusion yield from the corona plasma provides a direct measure of the kinetic effects inside the hohlraum. An anomalous large energy spread of the DD neutron signal (∼282 keV) and anomalous scaling of the neutron yield with the thickness of the carbon-deuterium layers cannot be explained by the hydrodynamic mechanisms. Instead, these results can be attributed to kinetic shocks that arise in the hohlraum-wall-ablator interpenetration region, which result in efficient acceleration of the deuterons (∼28.8 J, 0.45% of the total input laser energy). These studies provide novel insight into the interactions and dynamics of a vacuum hohlraum and near-vacuum hohlraum.
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- L Q Shan
- Science and Technology on Plasma Physics Laboratory, Research Center of Laser Fusion, CAEP, Mianyang 621900, China
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- Institute of Applied Physics and Computational Mathematics, Beijing 100094, China
- HEDPS, Center for Applied Physics and Technology, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
- IFSA Collaborative Innovation Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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- Graduate School, China Academy of Engineering Physics, P.O. Box 2101, Beijing 100088, China
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- Science and Technology on Plasma Physics Laboratory, Research Center of Laser Fusion, CAEP, Mianyang 621900, China
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- Science and Technology on Plasma Physics Laboratory, Research Center of Laser Fusion, CAEP, Mianyang 621900, China
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- Science and Technology on Plasma Physics Laboratory, Research Center of Laser Fusion, CAEP, Mianyang 621900, China
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- Science and Technology on Plasma Physics Laboratory, Research Center of Laser Fusion, CAEP, Mianyang 621900, China
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- Institute of Applied Physics and Computational Mathematics, Beijing 100094, China
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- Science and Technology on Plasma Physics Laboratory, Research Center of Laser Fusion, CAEP, Mianyang 621900, China
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- Science and Technology on Plasma Physics Laboratory, Research Center of Laser Fusion, CAEP, Mianyang 621900, China
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- Science and Technology on Plasma Physics Laboratory, Research Center of Laser Fusion, CAEP, Mianyang 621900, China
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- Science and Technology on Plasma Physics Laboratory, Research Center of Laser Fusion, CAEP, Mianyang 621900, China
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- Science and Technology on Plasma Physics Laboratory, Research Center of Laser Fusion, CAEP, Mianyang 621900, China
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- Science and Technology on Plasma Physics Laboratory, Research Center of Laser Fusion, CAEP, Mianyang 621900, China
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- Science and Technology on Plasma Physics Laboratory, Research Center of Laser Fusion, CAEP, Mianyang 621900, China
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- Science and Technology on Plasma Physics Laboratory, Research Center of Laser Fusion, CAEP, Mianyang 621900, China
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- Science and Technology on Plasma Physics Laboratory, Research Center of Laser Fusion, CAEP, Mianyang 621900, China
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- Science and Technology on Plasma Physics Laboratory, Research Center of Laser Fusion, CAEP, Mianyang 621900, China
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- Science and Technology on Plasma Physics Laboratory, Research Center of Laser Fusion, CAEP, Mianyang 621900, China
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- Science and Technology on Plasma Physics Laboratory, Research Center of Laser Fusion, CAEP, Mianyang 621900, China
- IFSA Collaborative Innovation Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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- Science and Technology on Plasma Physics Laboratory, Research Center of Laser Fusion, CAEP, Mianyang 621900, China
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- Institute of Applied Physics and Computational Mathematics, Beijing 100094, China
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- Science and Technology on Plasma Physics Laboratory, Research Center of Laser Fusion, CAEP, Mianyang 621900, China
- IFSA Collaborative Innovation Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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- Science and Technology on Plasma Physics Laboratory, Research Center of Laser Fusion, CAEP, Mianyang 621900, China
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- Science and Technology on Plasma Physics Laboratory, Research Center of Laser Fusion, CAEP, Mianyang 621900, China
- Institute of Applied Physics and Computational Mathematics, Beijing 100094, China
- Graduate School, China Academy of Engineering Physics, P.O. Box 2101, Beijing 100088, China
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- Institute of Applied Physics and Computational Mathematics, Beijing 100094, China
- HEDPS, Center for Applied Physics and Technology, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
- IFSA Collaborative Innovation Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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Swadling GF, Lebedev SV, Harvey-Thompson AJ, Rozmus W, Burdiak GC, Suttle L, Patankar S, Smith RA, Bennett M, Hall GN, Suzuki-Vidal F, Yuan J. Interpenetration, deflection, and stagnation of cylindrically convergent magnetized supersonic tungsten plasma flows. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2014; 113:035003. [PMID: 25083650 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.113.035003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2014] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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The interpenetration and interaction of supersonic, magnetized tungsten plasma flows has been directly observed via spatially and temporally resolved measurements of the Thomson scattering ion feature. A novel scattering geometry allows independent measurements of the axial and radial velocity components of the ions. The plasma flows are produced via the pulsed power driven ablation of fine tungsten wires in a cylindrical wire array z pinch. Fits of the data reveal the variations in radial velocity, axial velocity, and temperature of the ion streams as they interpenetrate and interact. A previously unobserved increase in axial velocity is measured near the array axis. This may be the result of v[over →]×B[over →] bending of the ion streams by a toroidal magnetic field, advected to and accumulated about the axis by the streams.
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- G F Swadling
- Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College, London SW7 2BW, United Kingdom
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- Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College, London SW7 2BW, United Kingdom
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- Sandia National Laboratories, P.O. Box 5800, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87185-1193, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2J1
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- Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College, London SW7 2BW, United Kingdom
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- Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College, London SW7 2BW, United Kingdom
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- Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College, London SW7 2BW, United Kingdom
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- Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College, London SW7 2BW, United Kingdom
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- Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College, London SW7 2BW, United Kingdom
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- Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College, London SW7 2BW, United Kingdom
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- Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College, London SW7 2BW, United Kingdom
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- Key Laboratory of Pulsed Power, Institute of Fluid Physics, CAE, Mianyang 621900, China
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Merritt EC, Moser AL, Hsu SC, Loverich J, Gilmore M. Experimental characterization of the stagnation layer between two obliquely merging supersonic plasma jets. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2013; 111:085003. [PMID: 24010448 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.111.085003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2013] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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We present spatially resolved measurements characterizing the stagnation layer between two obliquely merging supersonic plasma jets. Intrajet collisionality is very high, but the interjet ion-ion mean free path is of the order of the stagnation layer thickness of a few centimeters. Fast-framing camera images show a double-peaked emission profile transverse to the stagnation layer, with the central emission dip consistent with a density dip in the interferometer data. We demonstrate that our observations are consistent with collisional oblique shocks.
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- E C Merritt
- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA and University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131, USA
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Rosenberg MJ, Ross JS, Li CK, Town RPJ, Séguin FH, Frenje JA, Froula DH, Petrasso RD. Characterization of single and colliding laser-produced plasma bubbles using Thomson scattering and proton radiography. PHYSICAL REVIEW. E, STATISTICAL, NONLINEAR, AND SOFT MATTER PHYSICS 2012; 86:056407. [PMID: 23214896 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.86.056407] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2012] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Time-resolved measurements of electron and ion temperatures using Thomson scattering have been combined with proton radiography data for comprehensive characterization of individual laser-produced plasma bubbles or the interaction of bubble pairs, where reconnection of azimuthal magnetic fields occurs. Measurements of ion and electron temperatures agree with lasnex simulations of single plasma bubbles, which include the physics of magnetic fields. There is negligible difference in temperatures between a single plasma bubble and the interaction region of bubble pairs, although the ion temperature may be slightly higher due to the collision of expanding plasmas. These results are consistent with reconnection in a β∼8 plasma, where the release of magnetic energy (<5% of the electron thermal energy) does not appreciably affect the hydrodynamics.
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- M J Rosenberg
- Plasma Science and Fusion Center, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA.
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Purvis M, Grava J, Filevich J, Marconi MC, Dunn J, Moon SJ, Shlyaptsev VN, Jankowska E, Rocca JJ. Dynamics of converging laser-created plasmas in semicylindrical cavities studied using soft x-ray laser interferometry. PHYSICAL REVIEW. E, STATISTICAL, NONLINEAR, AND SOFT MATTER PHYSICS 2007; 76:046402. [PMID: 17995117 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.76.046402] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2007] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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The evolution of dense aluminum and carbon plasmas produced by laser irradiation of 500-microm -diam semicylindrical targets was studied using soft x-ray laser interferometry. Plasmas created heating the cavity walls with 120-ps -duration optical laser pulses of approximately 1x10;{12}Wcm;{-2} peak intensity were observed to expand and converge on axis to form a localized high-density plasma region. Electron density maps were measured using a 46.9-nm -wavelength tabletop capillary discharge soft x-ray laser probe in combination with an amplitude division interferometer based on diffraction gratings. The measurements show that the plasma density on axis exceeds 1x10;{20}cm;{-3} . The electron density profiles are compared with simulations conducted using the hydrodynamic code HYDRA, which show that the abrupt density increase near the axis is dominantly caused by the convergence of plasma generated at the bottom of the groove during laser irradiation.
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- Mike Purvis
- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado 80523, USA
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Nilson PM, Willingale L, Kaluza MC, Kamperidis C, Minardi S, Wei MS, Fernandes P, Notley M, Bandyopadhyay S, Sherlock M, Kingham RJ, Tatarakis M, Najmudin Z, Rozmus W, Evans RG, Haines MG, Dangor AE, Krushelnick K. Magnetic reconnection and plasma dynamics in two-beam laser-solid interactions. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2006; 97:255001. [PMID: 17280361 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.97.255001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2006] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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We present measurements of a magnetic reconnection in a plasma created by two laser beams (1 ns pulse duration, 1 x 10(15) W cm(-2)) focused in close proximity on a planar solid target. Simultaneous optical probing and proton grid deflectometry reveal two high velocity, collimated outflowing jets and 0.7-1.3 MG magnetic fields at the focal spot edges. Thomson scattering measurements from the reconnection layer are consistent with high electron temperatures in this region.
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- P M Nilson
- Department of Physics, Imperial College, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom
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