The potential role of electric fields and plasma barodiffusion on the inertial confinement fusion databasea)
The potential role of electric fields and plasma barodiffusion on the inertial confinement fusion databasea)
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DOI:
10.1063/1.3577577
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发表时间:
2011-05
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2.2
通讯作者:
P. Amendt;S. Wilks;C. Bellei;C. Li;R. Petrasso
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作者:
P. Amendt;S. Wilks;C. Bellei;C. Li;R. Petrasso
The generation of strong, self-generated electric fields (GV/m) in direct-drive, inertial-confinement-fusion (ICF) capsules has been reported [Rygg et al., Science 319, 1223 (2008); Li et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 225001 (2008)]. A candidate explanation for the origin of these fields based on charge separation across a plasma shock front was recently proposed [Amendt et al., Plasma Phys. Controlled Fusion 51 124048 (2009)]. The question arises whether such electric fields in imploding capsules can have observable consequences on target performance. Two well-known anomalies come to mind: (1) an observed ≈2× greater-than-expected deficit of neutrons in an equimolar D3He fuel mixture compared with hydrodynamically equivalent D [Rygg et al., Phys. Plasmas 13, 052702 (2006)] and DT [Herrmann et al., Phys. Plasmas 16, 056312 (2009)] fuels, and (2) a similar shortfall of neutrons when trace amounts of argon are mixed with D in indirect-drive implosions [Lindl et al., Phys. Plasmas 11, 339 (2004)]. A new mechani...