Reaction-in-flight neutrons as a diagnostic for hydrodynamical mixing in double shell inertial confinement fusion capsules
We examine reaction-in-flight (RIF) neutrons as diagnostics for hydrodynamical mixing of high-Z shell material into the hotspot of double shell capsules that are designed for the National Ignition Facility. In particular, we consider the effects of different levels of mixing of tungsten shell material into the DT gas on RIF spectra. Using a set of 1D simulations from the radiation hydrodynamic code xRAGE to determine the temperature and density profiles of the mixed W-DT gas, we find that increasing the mass of mix systematically reduces the ratio of RIF neutrons to primary 14 MeV neutrons. The shape of the RIF spectrum also changes with mix, with the predicted spectrum softening in energy with increasing mix.
Authors
- L. Kot (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4603-7971)
- D. J. Schlossberg (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8713-9448)
- E. P. Hartouni (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9869-4351)
- C. Velsko (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0955-4021)
- Joshua D. Martin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9316-4818)
- S. H. Batha
- Diego Lonardoni
- J. Colgan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1045-3858)
- Eric Loomis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2095-1383)
- Hermann Geppert-Kleinrath (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9350-144X)
- Christopher J. Fontes (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1087-2964)
- A. C. Hayes
- J. Jeet (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9109-1563)
- G. Rusev (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7563-1518)
- Gerard Jungman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7453-7685)
- J. B. Wilhelmy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0406-4904)
- D. S. Montgomery
- Joshua Sauppe (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1507-1595)
Institutions
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (US)
- Los Alamos National Laboratory (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Physics of Plasmas
- Published
- 2025-02-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0233469
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 3.74