Exploration of kinetic and multiple-ion-fluids effects in D$^{3}$He and T$^{3}$He gas-filled ICF implosions using multiple nuclear reaction histories

ORAL

Abstract

To explore kinetic and multi-ion-fluid effects in D$^{3}$He and T$^{3}$He gas-filled shock-driven implosions, multiple nuclear reaction histories were measured using the upgraded Particle Temporal Diagnostic (PTD) on OMEGA. For D$^{3}$He gas-filled implosions, the relative timing of the DD and D$^{3}$He reaction histories were measured with 20 ps precision. For T$^{3}$He gas-filled implosions (with 1-2{\%} deuterium), the relative timing of the DT and D$^{3}$He reaction histories were measured with 10 ps precision. The observed differences between the reaction histories on these two OMEGA experiments are contrasted to 1-D single-ion hydro simulations for different gas-fill pressure and gas mixture. This work is supported in part by the U.S. DOE, LLNL, LLE, and NNSA SSGF.

Authors

  • Hong Sio

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • Hans Rinderknecht

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • Michael Rosenberg

    • MIT
    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • Alex Zylstra

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    • MIT
  • Fredrick S\'eguin

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • M. Gatu Johnson

    • MIT
    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • C.K. Li

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    • MIT
  • Richard Petrasso

    • MIT
    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • Nelson Hoffman

    • Los Alamos Natl Lab
    • LANL
    • Los Alamos National Laboratory
  • Grigory Kagan

    • Los Alamos Natl Lab
    • LANL
    • Los Alamos National Laboratory
    • Los Alamos National Lab
  • Kim Molvig

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory
  • P.A. Amendt

    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
    • Lawrence Livermore National laboratory
    • LLNL
  • Claudio Bellei

    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
  • Scott Wilks

    • LLNL
    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
  • C. Stoeckl

    • LLE
    • Laboratory for Laser Energetics
    • Laboratory for Laser Energetics, U. of Rochester
  • V.Yu. Glebov

    • LLE
    • Laboratory for Laser Energetics
    • Laboratory for Laser Energetics, U. of Rochester
  • R. Betti

    • Laboratory for Laser Energetics
    • University of Rochester
    • Fusion Science Center and Laboratory for Laser Energetics, U. of Rochester
  • T.C. Sangster

    • Laboratory for Laser Energetics
    • Laboratory for Laser Energetics, U. of Rochester
  • Joseph Katz

    • Laboratory for Laser Energetics