Progress on magnetized ignition experiments at the National Ignition Facility

ORAL

Abstract

Magnetized indirect-drive implosions of D2-gas-filled capsules on NIF show a 40% ion-temperature increase and 3.2x neutron-yield increase due to reduced electron thermal conduction [Moody, 2022 submitted]. Similar increases in hot-spot temperature and yield are expected for magnetized DT cryo-layered implosions currently being planned for NIF. This talk will summarize current NIF and Omega experiments that are investigating high-energy-density-physics issues relevant to magnetized ignition. We will also outline the status of implementing magnetized DT-layered implosions on NIF.



This work was performed under the auspices of the U.S. Department of Energy by LLNL under Contract DE-AC52-07NA27344 and LDRD project SI-2020-002.

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Publication: Planning to submit a paper on this work before the conference.

Presenters

  • John D Moody

    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
    • Lawrence Livermore Natl Lab

Authors

  • John D Moody

    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
    • Lawrence Livermore Natl Lab

  • Brad B Pollock

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

  • H. Sio

    • Lawrence Livermore Nat Lab
    • Lawrence Livermore Natl Lab
    • LLNL

  • David J Strozzi

    • Lawrence Livermore Natl Lab
    • LLNL

  • Darwin D Ho

    • Lawrence Livermore Natl Lab
    • LLNL

  • Christopher A Walsh

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

  • Gregory E Kemp

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

  • Yuan Shi

    • LLNL
    • Lawrence Livermore Natl Lab

  • Sergei O Kucheyev

    • LLNL
    • Lawrence Livermore Natl Lab

  • Jeremy Kroll

    • LLNL

  • Bernard Kozioziemski

    • Lawrence Livermore Natl Lab
    • LLNL

  • Vincent Tang

    • LLNL

  • Jay Javedani

    • LLNL

  • William Stygar

    • LLNL

  • Chris Provencher

    • LLNL

  • Suhas D Bhandarkar

    • LLNL

  • Jim D Sater

    • LLNL
    • Lawrence Livermore Natl Lab

  • Lisle Hagler

    • LLNL

  • Burl G Logan

    • LLNL

  • Brandon J Lahmann

    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
    • LLNL
    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Scott E Winters

    • LLNL

  • Edward P Hartouni

    • Lawrence Livermore Natl Lab
    • LLNL

  • Laurent Divol

    • Lawrence Livermore Natl Lab
    • LLNL

  • Jeremy P Chittenden

    • Imperial College London
    • Imperial College

  • Sam O'Neill

    • Imperial College

  • Brian D Appelbe

    • Imperial College London
    • Imperial College

  • Aidan Boxall

    • Imperial College

  • Aidan C Crilly

    • Imperial College London
    • Imperial College

  • Jonathan R Davies

    • University of Rochester
    • UR-LLE
    • LLE
    • Laboratory for Laser Energetics
    • Laboratory for Laser Energetics, University of Rochester

  • Jonathan L Peebles

    • Laboratory for Laser Energetics, University of Rochester
    • UR-LLE

  • Arijit Bose

    • University of Delaware
    • U Delaware

  • Shinsuke Fujioka

    • ILE-Osaka
    • Osaka Univ