Abd Essamade Saufi, Hannah Bellenbaum , Martin Read, Nicolas Niasse, Sean Barrett, Nicholas Hawker, Nathan Joiner, David Chapman
{"title":"FLAIM: A reduced volume ignition model for the compression and thermonuclear burn of spherical fuel capsules","authors":"Abd Essamade Saufi, Hannah Bellenbaum , Martin Read, Nicolas Niasse, Sean Barrett, Nicholas Hawker, Nathan Joiner, David Chapman","doi":"10.1016/j.hedp.2024.101159","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.hedp.2024.101159","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>We present the “First Light Advanced Ignition Model” (FLAIM), a reduced model for the implosion, adiabatic compression, volume ignition and thermonuclear burn of a spherical DT fuel capsule utilising a high-Z metal pusher. <span>FLAIM</span> is characterised by a highly modular structure, which makes it an appropriate tool for optimisations, sensitivity analyses and parameter scans. One of the key features of the code is the 1D description of the hydrodynamic operator, which has a minor impact on the computational efficiency, but allows us to gain a major advantage in terms of physical accuracy. We demonstrate that a more accurate treatment of the hydrodynamics plays a primary role in closing most of the gap between a simple model and a general 1D rad-hydro code, and that only a residual part of the discrepancy is attributable to the heat losses. We present a detailed quantitative comparison between FLAIM and 1D rad-hydro simulations, showing good agreement over a large parameter space in terms of temporal profiles of key physical quantities, ignition maps and typical burn metrics.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":49267,"journal":{"name":"High Energy Density Physics","volume":"53 ","pages":"Article 101159"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2024-10-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142530761","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}
K.L. Baker , P.A. Amendt , D.A. Mariscal , H. Sio , O.L. Landen , D.D. Ho , V.A. Smalyuk , J.D. Lindl , J.S. Ross , L. Aghaian , A. Allen , N. Aybar , N.W. Birge , D.T. Casey , P.M. Celliers , H. Chen , T. Fehrenbach , D. Fittinghoff , H. Geppert-Kleinrath , V. Geppert-Kleinrath , C.V. Young
{"title":"Frustraum 1100 experimental campaign on the national ignition facility","authors":"K.L. Baker , P.A. Amendt , D.A. Mariscal , H. Sio , O.L. Landen , D.D. Ho , V.A. Smalyuk , J.D. Lindl , J.S. Ross , L. Aghaian , A. Allen , N. Aybar , N.W. Birge , D.T. Casey , P.M. Celliers , H. Chen , T. Fehrenbach , D. Fittinghoff , H. Geppert-Kleinrath , V. Geppert-Kleinrath , C.V. Young","doi":"10.1016/j.hedp.2024.101158","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.hedp.2024.101158","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>We present findings from an experimental tuning campaign aimed at igniting larger DT cryogenic layered implosions using a dual frustum shaped hohlraum, denoted “frustraum”. The frustraum's distinctive shape reduces hohlraum wall losses while concurrently enhancing minimum capsule clearance with the hohlraum wall and sensitivity to pointing changes. Compared to current cylindrical hohlraum (6.4 × 11.24 mm), the frustraum has a wall area approximately 20 % smaller, resulting in a measured improvement in efficiency of around 12 %. Consequently, 12 % less laser energy is required to implode a capsule within the same acceleration timeframe. Conversely, directing the same laser energy into the frustraum yields higher ion temperatures within symmetry capsules, along with increased radiation temperatures and reduced implosion acceleration times compared to current cylindrical hohlraums.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":49267,"journal":{"name":"High Energy Density Physics","volume":"53 ","pages":"Article 101158"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2024-09-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142267927","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}
J.P. Sauppe, I. Sagert, T.H. Day, K.A. Flippo, J.L. Kline, L. Kot, S. Palaniyappan, R.A. Roycroft, D.W. Schmidt
{"title":"Double cylinder implosion experiments at the National Ignition Facility","authors":"J.P. Sauppe, I. Sagert, T.H. Day, K.A. Flippo, J.L. Kline, L. Kot, S. Palaniyappan, R.A. Roycroft, D.W. Schmidt","doi":"10.1016/j.hedp.2024.101156","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.hedp.2024.101156","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Cylindrical implosion experiments are used to directly measure instability growth in a convergent geometry, providing a wealth of data for model validation. Double cylinders are a natural extension of the platform and enable measurements at a classically unstable interface, the outer surface of the inner cylinder, which experiences no ablative stabilization from the laser drive. However, the utility of this platform relies upon maintaining adequate axial uniformity of the inner cylinder during the implosion. Although previous smaller-scale double cylinder experiments exhibited acceptable levels of axial uniformity, radiation-hydrodynamics simulations of larger-scale double cylinders predict more axial non-uniformity induced by the impedance mismatch as the shock wraps around the axial ends of the inner cylinder. A mechanism to reduce axial non-uniformity in these larger double cylinder implosions is presented, and preliminary experimental data confirms the efficacy of the selected mitigation approach.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":49267,"journal":{"name":"High Energy Density Physics","volume":"53 ","pages":"Article 101156"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2024-09-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142217056","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":"How ignition and target gain >1 were achieved in inertial fusion","authors":"O.A. Hurricane","doi":"10.1016/j.hedp.2024.101157","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.hedp.2024.101157","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>For many decades the running joke in fusion research has been that “fusion” is twenty years away and always will be. Yet, in 2023 we find ourselves in a position where we can talk about the milestones of burning plasmas, fusion ignition, and target energy gain greater than unity in the past tense – a situation that is remarkable! This paper tells some of the story of the applied physics challenges that needed to be overcome to achieve these milestones and the strategy our team followed. Things did not always go well and some practical lessons learned are part of this story. The data shows, getting to a burning plasma in late 2020 and early 2021 was a key tipping-point, after which ignition (August 8, 2021) and target gain (December 5, 2022) were rapidly achieved.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":49267,"journal":{"name":"High Energy Density Physics","volume":"53 ","pages":"Article 101157"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2024-09-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142232468","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}
Maher Ali Rusho , Ihsan A. Alduhan , Adil Ismael Mohammed , Hayder Hamid Abbas Al-Anbari , Aseel Salah Mansoor , Usama Kadem Radi , Amir H. Idean , Ahmad J. Obaidullah , Hala Bahair , Anupam Yadav
{"title":"Investigating the suitability of pristine and defective C3N monolayer as supercapacitor electrodes: DFT calculations","authors":"Maher Ali Rusho , Ihsan A. Alduhan , Adil Ismael Mohammed , Hayder Hamid Abbas Al-Anbari , Aseel Salah Mansoor , Usama Kadem Radi , Amir H. Idean , Ahmad J. Obaidullah , Hala Bahair , Anupam Yadav","doi":"10.1016/j.hedp.2024.101154","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.hedp.2024.101154","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The possibility of utilizing defected C<sub>3</sub>N monolayers as the electrodes of supercapacitors (SCs) was investigated in the current study by performing DFT computations. A single-vacancy C<sub>3</sub>N monolayer (SC<sub>3</sub>NML), a double-vacancy C<sub>3</sub>N monolayer (DC<sub>3</sub>NM) and a pure C<sub>3</sub>N monolayer (PC<sub>3</sub>NML) were investigated. The charge plots, quantum capacitance (QC) and the density of state of SC<sub>3</sub>NML, DC<sub>3</sub>NM and PC<sub>3</sub>NML were also studied. Based on the results, the QC of SC<sub>3</sub>NML and DC<sub>3</sub>NM at voltages between -0.80 and 0.80 V was more compared to the QC of PC<sub>3</sub>NML. It was possible to use SC<sub>3</sub>NML as a negative electrode and DC<sub>3</sub>NM as a positive electrode, both of which were p-type semi-conductors. The stored charge in the SC<sub>3</sub>NML and DC<sub>3</sub>NM was higher compared to the stored charge in PC<sub>3</sub>NML at voltages 0 to 0.8 V. The charge stored in DC<sub>3</sub>NM was higher than the stored charge in SC<sub>3</sub>NML and PC<sub>3</sub>NML. Finally, DC<sub>3</sub>NML layer can be regarded as an encouraging electrode for application in SCs.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":49267,"journal":{"name":"High Energy Density Physics","volume":"53 ","pages":"Article 101154"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2024-09-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142148471","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}
Qiang-Lin Hu , Yan-Chao She , Wen Hu , Jin-Peng Xiao , Zheng-Guo Xiao
{"title":"Propagation of circularly polarized electromagnetic wave in magnetized spin plasma","authors":"Qiang-Lin Hu , Yan-Chao She , Wen Hu , Jin-Peng Xiao , Zheng-Guo Xiao","doi":"10.1016/j.hedp.2024.101155","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.hedp.2024.101155","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The spin effects on the propagation characteristic of circularly polarized electromagnetic (EM) wave in high density strongly magnetized plasma are discussed based on the the classical hydrodynamical model of relativistic spin plasma. The dielectric coefficients for right-hand circularly polarized (RCP) and left-hand circularly polarized (LCP) waves are obtained. Results show that the spin effects can affect the propagation characteristic of circularly polarized EM wave dramatically. Provided the spin effect is strong enough, LCP waves can also propagate in the magnetized over-dense plasma, while RCP waves may not. The strength of spin effects can be enhanced by increasing the plasma density or/and EM wave intensity.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":49267,"journal":{"name":"High Energy Density Physics","volume":"53 ","pages":"Article 101155"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2024-09-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142148343","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}
Hermann Geppert-Kleinrath , Robert Dwyer , Kevin Meaney , Cathleen Fry , Yongho Kim
{"title":"Technique for an improved and time-resolved carbon areal density measurement with a single channel diagnostic for inertial confinement fusion","authors":"Hermann Geppert-Kleinrath , Robert Dwyer , Kevin Meaney , Cathleen Fry , Yongho Kim","doi":"10.1016/j.hedp.2024.101145","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.hedp.2024.101145","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Measurement of the areal density and velocity of the carbon ablator shell during peak burn in inertial confinement fusion give powerful information on the state of the ablator and where in the trajectory of implosion it reaches peak burn. Detailed comparison of the absolute densities and velocities of the carbon in implosions has been prevented by the limited ability to resolve shot-to-shot variation within a shot series or within a campaign. A new approach using a single, ultra fast (<span><math><mo>∼</mo></math></span>10 ps) gamma ray channel can massively reduce uncertainties and will provide insights on improvements to target and drive variables. Small improvements in these experimental design parameters may result in much greater yields.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":49267,"journal":{"name":"High Energy Density Physics","volume":"53 ","pages":"Article 101145"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2024-09-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1574181824000703/pdfft?md5=9d8228163ee7a5b1830e6c1494d1c196&pid=1-s2.0-S1574181824000703-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142162956","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}
William Riedel , Nathan Meezan , Drew Higginson , Matthias Hohenberger , Mark Cappelli
{"title":"2D kinetic-ion simulations of inverted corona fusion targets","authors":"William Riedel , Nathan Meezan , Drew Higginson , Matthias Hohenberger , Mark Cappelli","doi":"10.1016/j.hedp.2024.101146","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.hedp.2024.101146","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Laser-driven “inverted corona” fusion targets have attracted interest as a low-convergence neutron source and platform for studying kinetic physics. The scheme consists of a hollow or gas-filled spherical shell made of deuterated plastic. The shell has one or more laser entrance holes (LEH), resembling a spherical hohlraum. The laser passes through the LEH’s and illuminates the interior surface of the shell, ablating a plasma that travels inward towards the target center. Long ion mean free paths in the converging plasma can lead to significant interpenetration, atomic mix, and other kinetic effects. In this work we report on numerical simulations of inverted corona targets using the kinetic-ion, fluid–electron hybrid particle-in-cell (PIC) approach in 2D RZ geometry. 2D simulations suggest that shape effects do not have a significant impact on plasma evolution and observed yield trends are primarily the result of 1D kinetic mix mechanisms. Simulations are also compared against available experimental data recorded at the OMEGA laser facility. In particular, synthetic x-ray emission images show good qualitative agreement with experimental results, albeit with an apparent timing discrepancy for the two-sided vacuum target. More generally, we demonstrate the potential of hybrid-PIC simulations for full-system modeling and experimental design, including collisional absorption of laser energy, plasma evolution, mix, and fusion burn.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":49267,"journal":{"name":"High Energy Density Physics","volume":"53 ","pages":"Article 101146"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2024-08-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142148344","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":"Electron impact ionization in dense plasmas","authors":"Walter R. Johnson , Joseph Nilsen , K.T. Cheng","doi":"10.1016/j.hedp.2024.101153","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.hedp.2024.101153","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The distorted-wave with exchange (DWE) method is employed to evaluate electron impact ionization cross sections in dense electron–ion plasmas. Bound and continuum electron wave functions are obtained from a non-relativistic average-atom code. Plots of DWE cross sections are presented for <span><math><mrow><mn>1</mn><mi>s</mi></mrow></math></span> electrons in Li and Be plasmas and <span><math><mrow><mn>2</mn><mi>p</mi></mrow></math></span> electrons in Na and Mg plasmas. For each of these elements, cross sections are evaluated at metallic density in a range of temperatures from 10 to 100 eV and at their respective melting points. Resonances in the cross sections appear near the incident energy threshold at high temperatures. The origin of these resonances is discussed. In general, the distorted wave (DW) method without exchange is found to be a good approximation to the DWE method for electron impact ionization calculations. In the resonance region, however, exchange effects are found to be very important and cannot be neglected.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":49267,"journal":{"name":"High Energy Density Physics","volume":"53 ","pages":"Article 101153"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2024-08-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142097586","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":"Stable creation of a single plasma channel and collimated fast electrons using large-scale PIC simulations with new dynamic load-balancing technique","authors":"Hideaki Habara , Yoshinori Ueyama , Yutaka Nakamura , Hitoshi Sakagami","doi":"10.1016/j.hedp.2024.101147","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.hedp.2024.101147","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>We developed a PIC code using new load balancing technique, in which the lower load processes help the higher load processes. A test calculation indicates more than 10 times faster than that without load balancing. Large scale 3-d calculations indicate the formation of central current whose density is close to critical density, supported by the magnetic field inside the channel.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":49267,"journal":{"name":"High Energy Density Physics","volume":"53 ","pages":"Article 101147"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2024-08-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1574181824000727/pdfft?md5=b8de97496eff919d4d9acc761c6c39f1&pid=1-s2.0-S1574181824000727-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142097587","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}