Initial experiments on the shock-ignition inertial confinement fusion concept

W. Theobald; R. Betti; C. Stoeckl; K. S. Anderson; J. A. Delettrez; V. Yu Glebov; V. N. Goncharov; F. J. Marshall; D. N. Maywar; R. L. McCrory; D. D. Meyerhofer; P. B. Radha; T. C. Sangster; W. Seka; D. Shvarts; V. A. Smalyuk; A. A. Solodov; B. Yaakobi; C. D. Zhou; J. A. Frenje; C. K. Li; F. H. Śguin; R. D. Petrasso; L. J. Perkins

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Initial experiments on the shock-ignition inertial confinement fusion concept

W. Theobald, R. Betti, C. Stoeckl, K. S. Anderson, J. A. Delettrez, V. Yu Glebov, V. N. Goncharov, F. J. Marshall, D. N. Maywar, R. L. McCrory, D. D. Meyerhofer, P. B. Radha, T. C. Sangster, W. Seka, D. Shvarts, V. A. Smalyuk, A. A. Solodov, B. Yaakobi, C. D. Zhou, J. A. FrenjeC. K. Li, F. H. Śguin, R. D. Petrasso, L. J. Perkins

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Shock ignition is a two-step inertial confinement fusion concept where a strong shock wave is launched at the end of the laser pulse to ignite the compressed core of a low-velocity implosion. Initial shock-ignition technique experiments were performed at the OMEGA Laser Facility [T. R. Boehly, Opt. Commun. 133, 495 (1997)] using 40-μm -thick, 0.9-mm-diam, warm surrogate plastic shells filled with deuterium gas. The experiments showed a significant improvement in the performance of low-adiabat, low-velocity implosions compared to conventional "hot-spot" implosions. High areal densities with average values exceeding ∼0.2 g cm2 and peak areal densities above 0.3 g cm2 were measured, which is in good agreement with one-dimensional hydrodynamical simulation predictions. Shock-ignition technique implosions with cryogenic deuterium and deuterium-tritium ice shells produced areal densities close to the 1D prediction and achieved up to 12% of the predicted 1D fusion yield.

Original language	English
Article number	056306
Journal	Physics of Plasmas
Volume	15
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2885197
State	Published - 9 Jun 2008
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Theobald, W., Betti, R., Stoeckl, C., Anderson, K. S., Delettrez, J. A., Glebov, V. Y., Goncharov, V. N., Marshall, F. J., Maywar, D. N., McCrory, R. L., Meyerhofer, D. D., Radha, P. B., Sangster, T. C., Seka, W., Shvarts, D., Smalyuk, V. A., Solodov, A. A., Yaakobi, B., Zhou, C. D., ... Perkins, L. J. (2008). Initial experiments on the shock-ignition inertial confinement fusion concept. Physics of Plasmas, 15(5), Article 056306. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2885197

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