\textbf{Scanning the Si dopant level in DT-layered CH capsule implosions at the National Ignition Facility}

ORAL

Abstract

Across all ablator designs a reduction of the DT ice $\rho $r compared to predictions from hydrodynamic simulations is observed. We hypothesize that this is due to mixing at the ablator ice interface caused by preheating from Au M-shell fluorescence emitted by the hohlraum wall. The project presented here tests this hypothesis by varying the Si dopant level in the preheat shielding layer between 0.8 and 4.2 atomic {\%} with the goal of identifying an optimum Si dopant fraction that reduces the discrepancy between experiments and simulations. For this study a series of 0.9scale CH layered-DT capsule implosions (inner radius $=$ 840 $\mu $m) was fielded in low gas-fill (0.6 mg/cc) hohlraums. A diagnostic-rich configuration was implemented to identify and study diagnostic signatures of ablator-ice mix. The results of this project are important to improve stability at the ablator ice interface in future implosion designs.

*Work performed under the auspices of the U.S. D.O.E. by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory under Contract No. DE-AC52-07NA27344.

Authors

  • T. Döppner

    • Lawrence Livermore Natl Lab
  • B. Bachmann

    • Lawrence Livermore Natl Lab
    • LLNL
  • L. R. Benedetti

    • Lawrence Livermore Natl Lab
  • D. A. Callahan

    • Lawrence Livermore Natl Lab
  • D. Casey

    • Lawrence Livermore Natl Lab
  • Laurent Divol

    • LLNL
    • Lawrence Livermore Natl Lab
  • Denise Hinkel

    • LLNL
    • Lawrence Livermore Natl Lab
  • O.A. Hurricane

    • Lawrence Livermore Natl Lab
    • LLNL
  • Christine Krauland

    • General Atomics
  • O. L. Landen

    • Lawrence Livermore Natl Lab
  • M. J. MacDonald

    • LLNL
    • Lawrence Livermore Natl Lab
  • L. P. Masse

    • Lawrence Livermore Natl Lab
  • Alastair Moore

    • Lawrence Livermore Natl Lab
    • LLNL
    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
  • Joseph Ralph

    • Lawrence Livermore Natl Lab
  • Petr L. Volegov

    • LANL
    • Los Alamos National Laboratory
    • Los Alamos Natl Lab
  • Klaus Widmann

    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
    • Lawrence Livermore Natl Lab