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PHYSICS OF PLASMAS
Volume 24, Issue 5, Pages -Publisher
AIP Publishing
DOI: 10.1063/1.4983625
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- U.S. Department of Energy by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory [DE-AC52-07NA27344]
- General Atomics [DE-NA0001808]
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Hydrodynamic mix of the ablator into the DT fuel layer and hot spot can be a critical performance limitation in inertial confinement fusion implosions. This mix results in increased radiation loss, cooling of the hot spot, and reduced neutron yield. To quantify the level of mix, we have developed a simple model that infers the level of contamination using the ratio of the measured x-ray emission to the neutron yield. The principal source for the performance limitation of the low-foot class of implosions appears to have been mix. Lower convergence high-foot implosions are found to be less susceptible to mix, allowing velocities of >380 km/s to be achieved. Published by AIP Publishing.
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