A path towards experimentally validated implosion designs for future inertial confinement fusion facilities

ORAL

Abstract

The achievement of ignition in the laboratory has renewed interest in defining the requirements for a future high-gain inertial-confinement fusion (ICF) facility. 3-D simulations have the potential to provide quantitative predictions of future implosion performance, but their high computational cost prohibits their use in practical design studies. We develop a hierarchical approach where 3-D radiation hydrodynamic simulations and experimental measurements are used to train a 3-D degradation model in a 1-D code, which can then be used to rapidly search for interesting regions of design space.

*This material is based upon work supported by the Department of Energy National Nuclear Security Administration under Award Number DE-NA0004144 and the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Fusion Energy Sciences, under Award Number DE-SC0024863: IFE-STAR

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Presenters

  • Russell K Follett

    • Laboratory for Laser Energetics - Rochester

Authors

  • Russell K Follett

    • Laboratory for Laser Energetics - Rochester

  • Arnaud Colaitis

    • University of Rochester Laboratory for Laser Energetics

  • Igor V Igumenshchev

    • Lab for Laser Energetics

  • Varchas Gopalaswamy

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

  • Duc M Cao

    • Laboratory for Laser Energetics, University of Rochester
    • U. Rochester/LLE

  • Valeri N Goncharov

    • Laboratory for Laser Energetics, University of Rochester
    • University of Rochester, Laboratory for Laser Energetics

  • Danae N Polsin

    • Laboratory for Laser Energetics

  • Riccardo Betti

    • Laboratory for Laser Energetics, University of Rochester
    • Laboratory for Laser Energy, Rochester, NY, USA.

  • John P Palastro

    • Laboratory for Laser Energetics, University of Rochester
    • University of Rochester
    • Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE)

  • Timothy J Collins

    • Laboratory for Laser Energetics, University of Rochester

  • Dustin H Froula

    • University of Rochester
    • University of Rochester - Laboratory for Laser Energetics

  • Christian Stoeckl

    • Laboratory for Laser Energetics, University of Rochester
    • University of Rochester

  • James P Knauer

    • Laboratory for Laser Energetics, University of Rochester
    • University of Rochester

  • Vladimir Glebov

    • Lab for Laser Energetics

  • Chad Forrest

    • Laboratory for Laser Energetics
    • Laboratory for Laser Energetics, University of Rochester

  • Luke A Ceurvorst

    • Laboratory for Laser Energetics, University of Rochester
    • University of Rochester

  • Michael J Rosenberg

    • University of Rochester Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE)
    • Laboratory for Laser Energetics, University of Rochester
    • University of Rochester

  • Archis S Joglekar

    • Ergodic LLC

  • William Thomas Trickey

    • Laboratory for Laser Energetics, University of Rochester

  • Rahul C Shah

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

  • David P Turnbull

    • University of Rochester Laboratory for Laser Energetics

  • Ryan C Nora

    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory