Toward Realization of Hyper-velocities for Impact Fusion Ignition (I F I) Nucl. Instrum. & Meth. in Phys. Res. A544 (2005) 67 M. Murakami Institute of Laser Engineering, Osaka University ILE H. Azechi, H. Nagatomo, T. Sakaiya, S. Fujioka, H. Shiraga, M. Nakai, K. Shigemori NRL S. Obenschain, M. Karasik, J. Gardner, J. Bates, D. Colombant, J. Weaver, Y. Aglitskiy Contents of talk ・Introduction to I F I ・2D simulation ・First experiment ・Critical issues
Advantages of Impact Ignition Simple Physics (2) High Gain (3) Low Cost
Gain curves for Impact Ignition Targets
Impact Ignition can be designed in other illumination schemes Laser Direct Laser Indirect HIB Indirect
Shock tube problem to estimate the necessary implosion velocity Impactor Main fuel
More realistic velocities would be 1-2 x 108 cm/s
Temporal evolution of density profile
1D Radiation-hydrodynamic simulation shows that hyper velocities ~ 108 cm/s can be achieved under proper conditions.
Experiment Laser: Gekko/HIPER: tL = 2.5ns (super-Gaussian) lL = 0.35 mm IL = 4x1014 W/cm2 Target: 14 - 20 mm, Br-doped plastic planar target (CHBr) Polystylen (CH)
High Intensity Plasma Experimental Research (HIPER) HIPER and NIKE are the only facilities that can explore impact ignition Target: CH, CHBr Focal length = 500 cm Effective F# = 3 KDP Foot pulse Wavelength: 0.53 mm (2w) Energy: 0.5 kJ Intensity: ~ 1012 W/cm2 Beam smoothing: PCL Main pulse Wavelength: 0.35 mm (3w) Energy: 5 kJ Intensity: ~ 1014 W/cm2 Beam smoothing: 2-D SSD
We have observed a maximum velocity, 6x107 cm/s, ever achieved
Design Window for Laser and Target Parameters
Kritical issues that should be addressed
Summary Preliminary 2D simulation in full geometry has achieved key numbers such as V = 108 cm/s, r = 400 g/cm3, T = 5 keV (2) First experiment has demonstrated a maximum velocity, V = 6 x107 cm/s, ever achieved. (3) Further research is now being programmed under ILE/NRL collaboration toward realization of IFI.