Pasley, J. and Stephens, R. (2007) Simulations investigating the effect of a Deuterium-Tritium-ice coating on the motion of the gold cone surface in a re-entrant cone-guided fast ignition inertial confinement fusion capsule. Physics of Plasmas, 14 (5). 054501-1. ISSN 1070-664X
Abstract
One- and two-dimensional multigroup radiation hydrodynamics simulations have been performed to investigate the motion of the gold plasma generated at the surface of the embedded gold cone in a re-entrant cone-guided inertial confinement fusion capsule. The effect of deuterium-tritium (DT) ice layers, and other possible tampers, of varying thickness, upon the motion of the gold cone plasma has been investigated. The effect of the x-ray drive spectrum incident upon the ice layer is also explored. Ice is shown to tamp the expansion of the gold cone, and whilst denser materials are shown to be more effective in this role, ice does not pollute the ignition region with intermediate-Z ions, which, though preferable to gold contamination, also tend to inhibit the attainment of high fuel-ion temperatures.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Institution: | The University of York |
Academic Units: | The University of York > Faculty of Sciences (York) > Physics (York) |
Depositing User: | York RAE Import |
Date Deposited: | 09 Mar 2009 08:16 |
Last Modified: | 09 Mar 2009 08:16 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2734584 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | American Institute of Physics |
Identification Number: | 10.1063/1.2734584 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:7279 |