Publications (9)
Experiments conducted in the burning plasma regime with inertial fusion implosions
J. S. Ross, J. E. Ralph, A. B. Zylstra +149
An experimental program is currently underway at the National Ignition Facility (NIF) to compress deuterium and tritium (DT) fuel to densities and temperatures sufficient to achiev…
Focusing of Intense Subpicosecond Laser Pulses in Wedge Targets
M. C. Levy, A. J. Kemp, S. C. Wilks +2
Two dimensional particle-in-cell simulations characterizing the interaction of ultraintense short pulse lasers in the range 10^{18} \leq I \leq 10^{20} W/cm^{2} with converging tar…
Effect of Laser-Plasma Interactions on Inertial Fusion Hydrodynamics
D. J. Strozzi, D. S. Bailey, P. Michel +7
The effects of laser-plasma interactions (LPI) on the dynamics of inertial confinement fusion hohlraums is investigated via a new approach that self-consistently couples reduced LP…
Platform for Probing Radiation Transport Properties of Hydrogen at Conditions Found in the Deep Interiors of Red Dwarfs
J. Lütgert, M. Bethkenhagen, B. Bachmann +19
We describe an experimental concept at the National Ignition Facility for specifically tailored spherical implosions to compress hydrogen to extreme densities (up to 800$\tim…
Raman backscatter as a remote laser power sensor in high-energy-density plasmas
J. D. Moody, D. J. Strozzi, L. Divol +11
Stimulated Raman backscatter (SRS) is used as a remote sensor to quantify the instantaneous laser power after transfer from outer to inner cones that cross in a National Ignition F…
Collisionless shock acceleration of narrow energy spread ion beams from mixed species plasmas using 1 m lasers
A. Pak, S. Kerr, N. Lemos +15
Collisionless shock acceleration of protons and C ions has been achieved by the interaction of a 10 W/cm, 1 m laser with a near-critical density plasma. Ablat…
Fast-ignition design transport studies: realistic electron source, integrated PIC-hydrodynamics, imposed magnetic fields
D. J. Strozzi, M. Tabak, D. J. Larson +5
Transport modeling of idealized, cone-guided fast ignition targets indicates the severe challenge posed by fast-electron source divergence. The hybrid particle-in-cell [PIC] code Z…
Cone-Guided Fast Ignition with no Imposed Magnetic Fields
D. J. Strozzi, M. Tabak, D. J. Larson +6
Simulations of ignition-scale fast ignition targets have been performed with the new integrated Zuma-Hydra PIC-hydrodynamic capability. We consider an idealized spherical DT fuel a…
Magnetized ICF Implosions: Scaling of Temperature and Yield Enhancement
C. A. Walsh, S. O'Neill, J. P. Chittenden +11
This paper investigates the impact of an applied magnetic field on the yield and hot-spot temperature of inertial confinement fusion implosions. A scaling of temperature amplificat…