The low-mode shell asymmetry and high-mode hot spot mixing appear to be the main reasons for the performance degradation of the National Ignition Facility(NIF)implosion experiments.The effects of the mode coupling bet...The low-mode shell asymmetry and high-mode hot spot mixing appear to be the main reasons for the performance degradation of the National Ignition Facility(NIF)implosion experiments.The effects of the mode coupling between low-mode P2 radiation flux asymmetry and intermediate-mode L=24 capsule roughness on the implosion performance of ignition capsule are investigated by two-dimensional radiation hydrodynamic simulations.It is shown that the amplitudes of new modes generated by the mode coupling are in good agreement with the second-order mode coupling equation during the acceleration phase.The later flow field not only shows large areal density P2 asymmetry in the main fuel,but also generates large-amplitude spikes and bubbles.In the deceleration phase,the increasing mode coupling generates more new modes,and the perturbation spectrum on the hot spot boundary is mainly from the strong mode interactions rather than the initial perturbation conditions.The combination of the low-mode and high-mode perturbations breaks up the capsule shell,resulting in a significant reduction of the hot spot temperature and implosion performance.展开更多
The re-emitted images of the frame camera indicated that the high-Z （Bi） capsule deviated about 29 μm from the center of the hohlraum in experiments at the Shenguang-II （SG-II） laser facility; however, investigat...The re-emitted images of the frame camera indicated that the high-Z （Bi） capsule deviated about 29 μm from the center of the hohlraum in experiments at the Shenguang-II （SG-II） laser facility; however, investigations on this issue have seldom been performed. The influence of three dimensional offsets of a capsule on its radiation asymmetry in inertial confinement fusion （ICF） will be analyzed in this paper. Simulations demonstrate that the axial offset of 100 μm of a capsule from the center of the hohlraum brings an additional 3.5% radiation drive asymmetry and 6.5% P1 asymmetry （Legendre odd model） on the capsule in the SG-II laser facility, and the offset must be within 25 μm if the P1 asymmetry is restricted to below 2%.展开更多
基金This work is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant Nos.11575034,11275031,11401033,and 91330205.
文摘The low-mode shell asymmetry and high-mode hot spot mixing appear to be the main reasons for the performance degradation of the National Ignition Facility(NIF)implosion experiments.The effects of the mode coupling between low-mode P2 radiation flux asymmetry and intermediate-mode L=24 capsule roughness on the implosion performance of ignition capsule are investigated by two-dimensional radiation hydrodynamic simulations.It is shown that the amplitudes of new modes generated by the mode coupling are in good agreement with the second-order mode coupling equation during the acceleration phase.The later flow field not only shows large areal density P2 asymmetry in the main fuel,but also generates large-amplitude spikes and bubbles.In the deceleration phase,the increasing mode coupling generates more new modes,and the perturbation spectrum on the hot spot boundary is mainly from the strong mode interactions rather than the initial perturbation conditions.The combination of the low-mode and high-mode perturbations breaks up the capsule shell,resulting in a significant reduction of the hot spot temperature and implosion performance.
基金supported by Science and Technology on Plasma Physics Laboratory of China(Nos.9140C680104140C68287,9140C680104130C68241)in part by National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.11475154,51375185,U1430124,11435011,11305160)
文摘The re-emitted images of the frame camera indicated that the high-Z （Bi） capsule deviated about 29 μm from the center of the hohlraum in experiments at the Shenguang-II （SG-II） laser facility; however, investigations on this issue have seldom been performed. The influence of three dimensional offsets of a capsule on its radiation asymmetry in inertial confinement fusion （ICF） will be analyzed in this paper. Simulations demonstrate that the axial offset of 100 μm of a capsule from the center of the hohlraum brings an additional 3.5% radiation drive asymmetry and 6.5% P1 asymmetry （Legendre odd model） on the capsule in the SG-II laser facility, and the offset must be within 25 μm if the P1 asymmetry is restricted to below 2%.
