{"title":"Withdrawal notice to shock wave implosion in water","authors":"G Chefranov, Ya.E Krasik, A Rososhek","doi":"10.1016/j.hedp.2022.101025","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.hedp.2022.101025","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49267,"journal":{"name":"High Energy Density Physics","volume":"45 ","pages":"Article 101025"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2022-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1574181822000519/pdfft?md5=18ca76433b709d2b434d4b48adf12e73&pid=1-s2.0-S1574181822000519-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46355732","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The uniform electron gas at high temperatures: ab initio path integral Monte Carlo simulations and analytical theory","authors":"Tobias Dornheim , Jan Vorberger , Zhandos Moldabekov , Gerd Röpke , Wolf-Dietrich Kraeft","doi":"10.1016/j.hedp.2022.101015","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.hedp.2022.101015","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>We present extensive new <em>Ab initio</em> path integral Monte Carlo (PIMC) simulations of the uniform electron gas (UEG) in the high-temperature regime, <span><math><mrow><mn>8</mn><mo>≤</mo><mi>θ</mi><mo>=</mo><msub><mrow><mi>k</mi></mrow><mrow><mi>B</mi></mrow></msub><mi>T</mi><mo>/</mo><msub><mrow><mi>E</mi></mrow><mrow><mi>F</mi></mrow></msub><mo>≤</mo><mn>128</mn></mrow></math></span>. This allows us to study the convergence of different properties towards the classical limit. In particular, we investigate the classical relation between the static structure factor <span><math><mrow><mi>S</mi><mrow><mo>(</mo><mi>q</mi><mo>)</mo></mrow></mrow></math></span> and the static local field correction <span><math><mrow><mi>G</mi><mrow><mo>(</mo><mi>q</mi><mo>)</mo></mrow></mrow></math></span>, which is only fulfilled at low densities. Moreover, we compare our new results for the interaction energy to the parametrization of the UEG by Groth et al. (2017), which interpolates between PIMC results for <span><math><mrow><mi>θ</mi><mo>≤</mo><mn>8</mn></mrow></math></span> and the Debye–Hückel limit, and to higher order analytical virial expansions. Finally, we consider the momentum distribution function <span><math><mrow><mi>n</mi><mrow><mo>(</mo><mi>q</mi><mo>)</mo></mrow></mrow></math></span> and find an interaction-induced increase in the occupation of the zero-momentum state even for <span><math><mrow><mi>θ</mi><mo>≳</mo><mn>32</mn></mrow></math></span>. All PIMC data are freely available online, and can be used as input for improved parametrizations and as a rigorous benchmark for approximate methods.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":49267,"journal":{"name":"High Energy Density Physics","volume":"45 ","pages":"Article 101015"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2022-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1574181822000386/pdfft?md5=6bc422f009d1e4c8c547ab2d229f3ecc&pid=1-s2.0-S1574181822000386-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82478581","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Optimising point source irradiation of a capsule for maximum uniformity","authors":"Oliver Breach , Peter Hatfield , Steven Rose","doi":"10.1016/j.hedp.2022.101007","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hedp.2022.101007","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p><span>Inertial Confinement Fusion involves the implosion of a spherical capsule containing thermonuclear fuel. The implosion is driven by irradiating the outside of the capsule by X-rays or by optical laser irradiation, where in each case the highest uniformity of irradiation is sought. In this paper we consider the theoretical problem of irradiation of a capsule by point sources of X-rays, and seek configurations which maximise uniformity. By studying the root-mean-square deviation in terms of different order harmonic modes, we rationalise the dependence of uniformity on distance </span><span><math><mi>d</mi></math></span> of the point sources from the centre of a capsule. After investigating simple configurations based on the Platonic solids, we use a global optimisation algorithm (basin-hopping) to seek better arrangements. The optimum configurations are found to depend strongly on <span><math><mi>d</mi></math></span>; at certain values which minimise nonuniformity, these involve grouping of sources on the vertices of octahedra or icosahedra, which we explain using a modal decomposition. The effect of uncertainties in both position and intensity is studied, and lastly we investigate the illumination of a capsule whose radius is changing with time.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":49267,"journal":{"name":"High Energy Density Physics","volume":"45 ","pages":"Article 101007"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2022-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136581116","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Note on similarity transform and shock waves","authors":"Chu A. Kwang-Hua","doi":"10.1016/j.hedp.2022.101020","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.hedp.2022.101020","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Phase transitions of materials can be investigated by shock compression. It is necessary to obtain the equations governing the shock waves formation. We introduce the similarity variable <span><math><mrow><mi>ξ</mi><mo>=</mo><mi>r</mi><mo>/</mo><mi>S</mi><mrow><mo>(</mo><mi>t</mi><mo>)</mo></mrow></mrow></math></span> for the radial distance <span><math><mi>r</mi></math></span> and the radius of the shock front <span><math><mrow><mi>S</mi><mrow><mo>(</mo><mi>t</mi><mo>)</mo></mrow></mrow></math></span><span> to handle the continuity equation </span><span><math><mrow><msub><mrow><mi>∂</mi></mrow><mrow><mi>t</mi></mrow></msub><mi>ρ</mi><mo>+</mo><msub><mrow><mi>∂</mi></mrow><mrow><mi>r</mi></mrow></msub><mrow><mo>(</mo><mi>ρ</mi><mspace></mspace><mi>v</mi><mo>)</mo></mrow><mo>+</mo><mn>2</mn><mi>ρ</mi><mspace></mspace><mi>v</mi><mo>/</mo><mi>r</mi><mo>=</mo><mn>0</mn></mrow></math></span> for the density <span><math><mrow><mi>ρ</mi><mrow><mo>(</mo><mi>r</mi><mo>,</mo><mi>t</mi><mo>)</mo></mrow></mrow></math></span> and for the radial velocity <span><math><mrow><mi>v</mi><mrow><mo>(</mo><mi>r</mi><mo>,</mo><mi>t</mi><mo>)</mo></mrow></mrow></math></span> considering a spherically symmetric flow. To illustrate our correct approach via a test case we make detailed as well as crucial remarks on Joy <em>et al.</em>’s (2021) paper.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":49267,"journal":{"name":"High Energy Density Physics","volume":"45 ","pages":"Article 101020"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2022-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47959543","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"WITHDRAWN: Shock wave implosion in water","authors":"S.G. Chefranov, Ya.E. Krasik, A. Rososhek","doi":"10.1016/j.hedp.2022.101017","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.hedp.2022.101017","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49267,"journal":{"name":"High Energy Density Physics","volume":"45 ","pages":"Article 101017"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2022-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1574181822000404/pdfft?md5=c75445ccaee1c3501b4bae7ef0e0e557&pid=1-s2.0-S1574181822000404-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43550605","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Time-dependent modeling of photoionization wave propagation in nitrogen","authors":"Zohar Henis, David Salzmann","doi":"10.1016/j.hedp.2022.100999","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.hedp.2022.100999","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p><span><span>Photoionization fronts are ubiquitous in astrophysics, but difficult to produce in a laboratory experiment. Recently, it was reported that photoionization fronts may be produced in nitrogen </span>gas at pressure of ten atmospheres irradiated by a radiation source with temperature </span><em>T<sub>r</sub> ∼ 100</em> <em>eV</em><span>. We present two computational approaches to describe photoionization propagation in nitrogen gas induced by soft x-rays: 1. A time dependent in-line model that solves the ionization and the energy balance and the radiation transfer in a self-consistent way, and 2. A multi-group flux limited diffusion<span> model based on two temperatures for the electrons and radiation, ionization and atomic data tables. Calculations were done for two spectrally different radiation sources, a laser irradiated gold foil and a blackbody Planckian source. It is shown that the atomic modeling and the spectral content of the source clearly affect the evolution of the nitrogen gas.</span></span></p></div>","PeriodicalId":49267,"journal":{"name":"High Energy Density Physics","volume":"45 ","pages":"Article 100999"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2022-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45189187","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
D.A. Kim, I.Yu. Vichev, A.D. Solomyannaya, A.S. Grushin
{"title":"Simulation of non-stationary neon plasma using the THERMOS toolkit","authors":"D.A. Kim, I.Yu. Vichev, A.D. Solomyannaya, A.S. Grushin","doi":"10.1016/j.hedp.2022.101018","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.hedp.2022.101018","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The THERMOS toolkit has been improved by adding the module for calculating the properties of non-stationary plasma. Low-density photoionized neon plasma obtained in experiments was simulated. Calculated ion populations, rates of elementary processes, and radiation spectra were compared with results obtained by other scientific groups.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":49267,"journal":{"name":"High Energy Density Physics","volume":"45 ","pages":"Article 101018"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2022-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48107392","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A fast approximation to supershell partition functions","authors":"Brian G. Wilson , Jean-Christophe Pain","doi":"10.1016/j.hedp.2022.101016","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.hedp.2022.101016","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>A formula for supershell partition functions, which play a major role in the Super Transition Array approach to radiative-opacity calculations, is derived as a functional of the distribution of energies within the supershell. It consists in an alternative expansion for an arbitrary number of electrons or holes which also allows for quick approximate evaluations with truncated number of terms in the expansion.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":49267,"journal":{"name":"High Energy Density Physics","volume":"45 ","pages":"Article 101016"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2022-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"105929611","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Time-dependent subsonic ablation pressure scalings for soft X-ray heated low- and intermediate-Z materials at drive temperatures of up to 400 eV","authors":"William Trickey, Jamie Walsh, John Pasley","doi":"10.1016/j.hedp.2022.100995","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.hedp.2022.100995","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The soft X-ray driven subsonic ablation of five different materials with atomic numbers ranging from 3.5 to 22 is investigated for radiation drive temperatures of up to 400<!--> <!-->eV. Simulations were performed using the one-dimensional radiation hydrodynamics simulation code HYADES. For each material, ablation pressure scaling-laws are determined as a function of drive radiation-temperature and time, assuming that the irradiation lasts for a period of a few nanoseconds and that the drive temperature remains constant during this period. For all the materials, the maximum drive-temperature for subsonic operation is identified. As expected, lower-Z materials demonstrate a stronger scaling of ablation pressure with radiation temperature and a more gradual fall off with time. However, the lowest-Z materials transition to trans- and super-sonic ablation at temperatures of only a few hundred eV.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":49267,"journal":{"name":"High Energy Density Physics","volume":"44 ","pages":"Article 100995"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2022-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1574181822000209/pdfft?md5=0525f4a083fcc937b86d94b3d51d85e9&pid=1-s2.0-S1574181822000209-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"54448251","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
EKR Floyd, JM Foster, P Graham, SD Rothman, DR McGonegle, R Penman, JG Turner
{"title":"X-ray diffraction measurements of ramp-compressed tin","authors":"EKR Floyd, JM Foster, P Graham, SD Rothman, DR McGonegle, R Penman, JG Turner","doi":"10.1016/j.hedp.2022.100996","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.hedp.2022.100996","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>X-ray diffraction measurements have been performed on tin ramp compressed at the Orion laser facility to pressures in the range 50 – 100 GPa. The relationship between density and stress that we infer along the adiabat of the tin sample is consistent with previous hydrostatic and quasi-isentropic data and the existence of the BCC phase of tin in this pressure region. Within the limitations of the experimental technique, we detect no anisotropy of strain in the compressed tin sample.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":49267,"journal":{"name":"High Energy Density Physics","volume":"43 ","pages":"Article 100996"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2022-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47903711","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}