Record Energetics for an Inertial Fusion Implosion at NIF

Inertial confinement fusion seeks to create burning plasma conditions in a spherical capsule implosion, which requires efficiently absorbing the driver energy in the capsule, transferring that energy into kinetic energy of the imploding DT fuel and then into internal energy of the fuel at stagnation...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Physical review letters 2021-01, Vol.126 (2), p.025001-025001, Article 025001
Hauptverfasser:	Zylstra, A B, Kritcher, A L, Hurricane, O A, Callahan, D A, Baker, K, Braun, T, Casey, D T, Clark, D, Clark, K, Döppner, T, Divol, L, Hinkel, D E, Hohenberger, M, Kong, C, Landen, O L, Nikroo, A, Pak, A, Patel, P, Ralph, J E, Rice, N, Tommasini, R, Schoff, M, Stadermann, M, Strozzi, D, Weber, C, Young, C, Wild, C, Town, R P J, Edwards, M J
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY Ablation Energy transfer Fuels Implosions Indirect drive Inertial confinement fusion Inertial fusion (reactor) Internal energy Kinetic energy plasma fusion Spherical plasmas
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Zusammenfassung:	Inertial confinement fusion seeks to create burning plasma conditions in a spherical capsule implosion, which requires efficiently absorbing the driver energy in the capsule, transferring that energy into kinetic energy of the imploding DT fuel and then into internal energy of the fuel at stagnation. We report new implosions conducted on the National Ignition Facility (NIF) with several improvements on recent work [Phys. Rev. Lett. 120, 245003 (2018)PRLTAO0031-900710.1103/PhysRevLett.120.245003; Phys. Rev. E 102, 023210 (2020)PRESCM2470-004510.1103/PhysRevE.102.023210]: larger capsules, thicker fuel layers to mitigate fuel-ablator mix, and new symmetry control via cross-beam energy transfer; at modest velocities, these experiments achieve record values for the implosion energetics figures of merit as well as fusion yield for a NIF experiment.
ISSN:	0031-9007 1079-7114
DOI:	10.1103/physrevlett.126.025001