Abstract

Kinetic effects on inertial confinement fusion have been investigated. In particular, inter-ion-species diffusion and suprathermal ion distribution have been analyzed. The former drives separation of the fuel constituents in the hot reacting core and governs mix at the shell/fuel interface. The latter underlie measurements obtained with nuclear diagnostics, including the fusion yield and inferred ion burn temperatures. Basic mechanisms behind and practical consequences from these effects are discussed.

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Title
Kinetic studies of ICF implosions
Author
Kagan, Grigory 1 ; Herrmann, H W 1 ; Y-H, Kim 1 ; Schmitt, M J 1 ; Hakel, P 1 ; Hsu, S C 1 ; Hoffman, N M 1 ; Svyatsky, D 1 ; Baalrud, S D 2 ; Daligault, J O 1 ; Sio, H 3 ; Zylstra, A B 1 ; Rosenberg, M J 4 ; Rinderknecht, H G 5 ; Johnson, M Gatu 3 ; Frenje, J A 3 ; Séguin, F H 3 ; Li, C K 3 ; Petrasso, R D 3 ; Albright, B J 1 ; Taitano, W 1 ; Kyrala, G A 1 ; Bradley, P A 1 ; C-K, Huang 1 ; McDevitt, C J 1 ; Chacon, L 1 ; Srinivasan, B 6 ; McEvoy, A M 1 ; Joshi, T R 1 ; Adams, C S 6 

1  Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545, USA 
2  Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA 
3  Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA 
4  Laboratory for Laser Energetics, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14623, USA 
5  Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA 
6  Department of Aerospace and Ocean Engineering, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA 
Publication year
2016
Publication date
May 2016
Publisher
IOP Publishing
ISSN
17426588
e-ISSN
17426596
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/717/1/012027
ProQuest document ID
2575121472
Copyright
© 2016. This work is published under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.