In:
Matter and Radiation at Extremes, AIP Publishing, Vol. 2, No. 1 ( 2017-01-01), p. 3-8
Abstract:
The non-equilibrium between ions and electrons in the hot spot can relax the ignition conditions in inertial confinement fusion [Fan et al., Phys. Plasmas 23, 010703 (2016)], and obvious ion-electron non-equilibrium could be observed by our simulations of high-foot implosions when the ion-electron relaxation is enlarged by a factor of 2. On the other hand, in many shots of high-foot implosions on the National Ignition Facility, the observed X-ray enhancement factors due to ablator mixing into the hot spot are less than unity assuming electrons and ions have the same temperature [Meezan et al., Phys. Plasmas 22, 062703 (2015)] , which is not self-consistent because it can lead to negative ablator mixing into the hot spot. Actually, this non-consistency implies ion-electron non-equilibrium within the hot spot. From our study, we can infer that ion-electron non-equilibrium exists in high-foot implosions and the ion temperature could be ∼9% larger than the equilibrium temperature in some NIF shots.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
2468-2047
,
2468-080X
DOI:
10.1016/j.mre.2016.11.003
Language:
English
Publisher:
AIP Publishing
Publication Date:
2017
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2858469-7
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