Toward Realization of Hyper-velocities for Impact Fusion Ignition (I F I) Nucl. Instrum. & Meth. in Phys. Res. A544 (2005) 67 M. Murakami Institute of Laser Engineering, Osaka University ILE H. Azechi, H. Nagatomo, T. Sakaiya, S. Fujioka, H. Shiraga, M. Nakai, K. Shigemori NRL S. Obenschain, M. Karasik, J. Gardner, J. Bates, D. Colombant, J. Weaver, Y. Aglitskiy Contents of talk ・Introduction to I F I ・2D simulation ・First experiment ・Critical issues Advantages of Impact Ignition (1) Simple Physics (2) High Gain (3) Low Cost Gain curves for Impact Ignition Targets Impact Ignition can be designed in other illumination schemes Laser Indirect Laser Direct HIB T1 T2 HIB HIB Indirect Shock tube problem to estimate the necessary implosion velocity u1 u2 D p1 p2 Impactor Main fuel 0 vs1 1(vs1 u1) p0 0 v2s1 2 p1 1 (vs1 u1) 1 2 p0 1 p1 vs1 (vs1 u1 ) 2 2 1 0 2 1 1 2 (vs2 u1 ) 3(vs 2 u3) p1 1 (vs2 u1 )2 p3 3(vs2 u 3)2 2 s2 1 1 2 2 s2 1 3 3 (v u )2 (v u )2 1 p1 1 p3 More realistic velocities would be 1-2 x 108 cm/s = 3, = 5, p 3 3 = 250Mbar, 10 2 Temperature T (keV) 0 400 200 0 100 g / cm 3 1 0.5 1 Implosion velocity u 1.5 2 8 3 (10 cm/s) Temporal evolution of density profile 1D Radiation-hydrodynamic simulation shows that hyper velocities ~ 108 cm/s can be achieved under proper conditions. vi 1.1108 cm / s Experiment Laser: • Gekko/HIPER: tL = 2.5ns (super-Gaussian) lL = 0.35 mm IL = 4x1014 W/cm2 Target: 14 - 20 mm, • Br-doped plastic planar target (CHBr) • Polystylen (CH) High Intensity Plasma Experimental Research (HIPER) HIPER and NIKE are the only facilities that can explore impact ignition Target: CH, CHBr KDP Foot pulse Wavelength: 0.53 mm (2w) Energy: 0.5 kJ Intensity: ~ 1012 W/cm2 Beam smoothing: PCL Main pulse Wavelength: 0.35 mm (3w) Energy: 5 kJ Intensity: ~ 1014 W/cm2 Beam smoothing: 2-D SSD We have observed a maximum velocity, 6x107 cm/s, ever achieved Design Window for Laser and Target Parameters 0.95 h / h max 1 ˜ 0.35 0.15 M 0.97 1.9 0.085 I a15 l2L 0.50 l L 0.35 mm 0.69 I a15 4.1 68 Pa (Mbar ) 220 3.0 a (g / cm3 ) 6.0 ( s 5) Kritical issues that should be addressed 1 . Hydrodynamic instability of the imploding shell in a cone shell 2 . Hydrodynamic instability on the contact surface between the cone and the shell Ignitor shell Cone guide 3. Radiation transport emitted from the contact surface and the preheat evaluation 4. Ignition condition and burn performance of the impact ignition target Summary (1) Preliminary 2D simulation in full geometry has achieved key numbers such as V = 108 cm/s, = 400 g/cm3, T = 5 keV (2) First experiment has demonstrated a maximum velocity, V = 6 x107 cm/s, ever achieved. (3) Further research is now being programmed under ILE/NRL collaboration toward realization of IFI.
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