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Paddock RW, von der Leyen MW, Aboushelbaya R, Norreys PA, Chapman DJ, Eakins DE, Oliver M, Clarke RJ, Notley M, Baird CD, Booth N, Spindloe C, Haddock D, Irving S, Scott RHH, Pasley J, Cipriani M, Consoli F, Albertazzi B, Koenig M, Martynenko AS, Wegert L, Neumayer P, Tchórz P, Rączka P, Mabey P, Garbett W, Goshadze RMN, Karasiev VV, Hu SX. Measuring the principal Hugoniot of inertial-confinement-fusion-relevant TMPTA plastic foams. Phys Rev E 2023; 107:025206. [PMID: 36932569 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.107.025206] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2022] [Accepted: 12/09/2022] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
Abstract
Wetted-foam layers are of significant interest for inertial-confinement-fusion capsules, due to the control they provide over the convergence ratio of the implosion and the opportunity this affords to minimize hydrodynamic instability growth. However, the equation of state for fusion-relevant foams are not well characterized, and many simulations rely on modeling such foams as a homogeneous medium with the foam average density. To address this issue, an experiment was performed using the VULCAN Nd:glass laser at the Central Laser Facility. The aim was to measure the principal Hugoniot of TMPTA plastic foams at 260mg/cm^{3}, corresponding to the density of liquid DT-wetted-foam layers, and their "hydrodynamic equivalent" capsules. A VISAR was used to obtain the shock velocity of both the foam and an α-quartz reference layer, while streaked optical pyrometry provided the temperature of the shocked material. The measurements confirm that, for the 20-120 GPa pressure range accessed, this material can indeed be well described using the equation of state of the homogeneous medium at the foam density.
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- R W Paddock
- Department of Physics, Atomic and Laser Physics Sub-Department, Clarendon Laboratory, University of Oxford, Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3PU, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics, Atomic and Laser Physics Sub-Department, Clarendon Laboratory, University of Oxford, Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3PU, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics, Atomic and Laser Physics Sub-Department, Clarendon Laboratory, University of Oxford, Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3PU, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics, Atomic and Laser Physics Sub-Department, Clarendon Laboratory, University of Oxford, Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3PU, United Kingdom
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- Department of Engineering Science, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3PJ, United Kingdom
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- Department of Engineering Science, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3PJ, United Kingdom
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- Central Laser Facility, STFC, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Campus, Didcot OX11 0QX, United Kingdom
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- Central Laser Facility, STFC, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Campus, Didcot OX11 0QX, United Kingdom
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- Central Laser Facility, STFC, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Campus, Didcot OX11 0QX, United Kingdom
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- Central Laser Facility, STFC, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Campus, Didcot OX11 0QX, United Kingdom
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- Central Laser Facility, STFC, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Campus, Didcot OX11 0QX, United Kingdom
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- Central Laser Facility, STFC, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Campus, Didcot OX11 0QX, United Kingdom
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- Central Laser Facility, STFC, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Campus, Didcot OX11 0QX, United Kingdom
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- Central Laser Facility, STFC, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Campus, Didcot OX11 0QX, United Kingdom
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- Central Laser Facility, STFC, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Campus, Didcot OX11 0QX, United Kingdom
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- York Plasma Institute, School of Physics, Electronics and Technology, University of York, York YO10 5DD, United Kingdom
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- ENEA, Fusion and Technology for Nuclear Safety and Security Department, C.R.Frascati, via E. Fermi 45, 00044 Frascati, Rome, Italy
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- ENEA, Fusion and Technology for Nuclear Safety and Security Department, C.R.Frascati, via E. Fermi 45, 00044 Frascati, Rome, Italy
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- LULI - CNRS, CEA, Sorbonne Universités, Ecole Polytechnique, Institut Polytechnique de Paris-F-91120 Palaiseau cedex, France
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- LULI - CNRS, CEA, Sorbonne Universités, Ecole Polytechnique, Institut Polytechnique de Paris-F-91120 Palaiseau cedex, France
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- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, Planckstraße 1, 64291 Darmstadt, Germany
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- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, Planckstraße 1, 64291 Darmstadt, Germany
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- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, Planckstraße 1, 64291 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Institute of Plasma Physics and Laser Microfusion, 01-497 Warsaw, Poland
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- Institute of Plasma Physics and Laser Microfusion, 01-497 Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Physics, Freie Universität Berlin, Arnimallee 14, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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- AWE plc, Aldermaston, Reading, Berkshire RG7 4PR, United Kingdom
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- Laboratory for Laser Energetics, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14623, USA
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- Laboratory for Laser Energetics, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14623, USA
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- Laboratory for Laser Energetics, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14623, USA
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Scott RHH, Glize K, Antonelli L, Khan M, Theobald W, Wei M, Betti R, Stoeckl C, Seaton AG, Arber TD, Barlow D, Goffrey T, Bennett K, Garbett W, Atzeni S, Casner A, Batani D, Li C, Woolsey N. Shock Ignition Laser-Plasma Interactions in Ignition-Scale Plasmas. Phys Rev Lett 2021; 127:065001. [PMID: 34420313 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.127.065001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2021] [Revised: 06/23/2021] [Accepted: 07/02/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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We use a subignition scale laser, the 30 kJ Omega, and a novel shallow-cone target to study laser-plasma interactions at the ablation-plasma density scale lengths and laser intensities anticipated for direct drive shock-ignition implosions at National Ignition Facility scale. Our results show that, under these conditions, the dominant instability is convective stimulated Raman scatter with experimental evidence of two plasmon decay (TPD) only when the density scale length is reduced. Particle-in-cell simulations indicate this is due to TPD being shifted to lower densities, removing the experimental back-scatter signature and reducing the hot-electron temperature. The experimental laser energy-coupling to hot electrons was found to be 1%-2.5%, with electron temperatures between 35 and 45 keV. Radiation-hydrodynamics simulations employing these hot-electron characteristics indicate that they should not preheat the fuel in MJ-scale shock ignition experiments.
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- R H H Scott
- Central Laser Facility, STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Oxford, Oxfordshire OX11 OQX, United Kingdom
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- Central Laser Facility, STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Oxford, Oxfordshire OX11 OQX, United Kingdom
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- York Plasma Institute, Department of Physics, University of York, York YO10 5DD, United Kingdom
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- York Plasma Institute, Department of Physics, University of York, York YO10 5DD, United Kingdom
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- Laboratory for Laser Energetics, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14623-1299, USA
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- Laboratory for Laser Energetics, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14623-1299, USA
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- Laboratory for Laser Energetics, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14623-1299, USA
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- Laboratory for Laser Energetics, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14623-1299, USA
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA
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- University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, United Kingdom
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- University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, United Kingdom
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- University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, United Kingdom
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- University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, United Kingdom
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- AWE, Aldermaston, Reading, Berkshire RG7 4PR, United Kingdom
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- Dipartimento SBAI, Università di Roma "La Sapienza", Roma 00161, Italy
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- CELIA, University of Bordeaux, Bordeaux F-33405, France
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- CELIA, University of Bordeaux, Bordeaux F-33405, France
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- MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- York Plasma Institute, Department of Physics, University of York, York YO10 5DD, United Kingdom
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Paddock RW, Martin H, Ruskov RT, Scott RHH, Garbett W, Haines BM, Zylstra AB, Aboushelbaya R, Mayr MW, Spiers BT, Wang RHW, Norreys PA. One-dimensional hydrodynamic simulations of low convergence ratio direct-drive inertial confinement fusion implosions. Philos Trans A Math Phys Eng Sci 2021; 379:20200224. [PMID: 33280567 PMCID: PMC7741005 DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2020.0224] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 10/19/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Indirect drive inertial confinement fusion experiments with convergence ratios below 17 have been previously shown to be less susceptible to Rayleigh-Taylor hydrodynamic instabilities, making this regime highly interesting for fusion science. Additional limitations imposed on the implosion velocity, in-flight aspect ratio and applied laser power aim to further reduce instability growth, resulting in a new regime where performance can be well represented by one-dimensional (1D) hydrodynamic simulations. A simulation campaign was performed using the 1D radiation-hydrodynamics code HYADES to investigate the performance that could be achieved using direct-drive implosions of liquid layer capsules, over a range of relevant energies. Results include potential gains of 0.19 on LMJ-scale systems and 0.75 on NIF-scale systems, and a reactor-level gain of 54 for an 8.5 MJ implosion. While the use of 1D simulations limits the accuracy of these results, they indicate a sufficiently high level of performance to warrant further investigations and verification of this new low-instability regime. This potentially suggests an attractive new approach to fusion energy. This article is part of a discussion meeting issue 'Prospects for high gain inertial fusion energy (part 2)'.
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- R. W. Paddock
- Clarendon Laboratory, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- University College, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- University College, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Central Laser Facility, STFC, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Didcot, UK
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- AWE plc, Aldermaston, Reading, Berkshire RG7 4PR, UK
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, MS T087, Los Alamos, NM 87545, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA 94550, USA
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- Clarendon Laboratory, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Clarendon Laboratory, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Clarendon Laboratory, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Clarendon Laboratory, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
- University College, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
- Central Laser Facility, STFC, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Didcot, UK
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