Analysis of hohlraum energetics of the SG series and the NIF experiments with energy balance model

Ren Guoli; Liu Jie; Huo Wenyi; Lan Ke

doi:10.1016/j.mre.2016.11.002

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Ren Guoli, Liu Jie, Huo Wenyi, Lan Ke. Analysis of hohlraum energetics of the SG series and the NIF experiments with energy balance model[J]. Matter and Radiation at Extremes, 2017, 2(1). doi: 10.1016/j.mre.2016.11.002

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Ren Guoli, Liu Jie, Huo Wenyi, Lan Ke. Analysis of hohlraum energetics of the SG series and the NIF experiments with energy balance model[J]. Matter and Radiation at Extremes, 2017, 2(1). doi: 10.1016/j.mre.2016.11.002

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Analysis of hohlraum energetics of the SG series and the NIF experiments with energy balance model

doi: 10.1016/j.mre.2016.11.002

Institute of Applied Physics and Computational Mathematics, Beijing 100094, China

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Corresponding author: *Corresponding author. E-mail address: ren_guoli@iapcm.ac.cn (G. Ren).
Received Date: 2016-09-08
Accepted Date: 2016-11-03

Available Online: 2021-12-07

Publish Date: 2017-01-15

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Abstract

The basic energy balance model is applied to analyze the hohlraum energetics data from the Shenguang (SG) series laser facilities and the National Ignition Facility (NIF) experiments published in the past few years. The analysis shows that the overall hohlraum energetics data are in agreement with the energy balance model within 20% deviation. The 20% deviation might be caused by the diversity in hohlraum parameters, such as material, laser pulse, gas filling density, etc. In addition, the NIF's ignition target designs and our ignition target designs given by simulations are also in accordance with the energy balance model. This work confirms the value of the energy balance model for ignition target design and experimental data assessment, and demonstrates that the NIF energy is enough to achieve ignition if a 1D spherical radiation drive could be created, meanwhile both the laser plasma instabilities and hydrodynamic instabilities could be suppressed.
- Energy balance model,
- Hohlraum energetics,
- National Ignition Facility (NIF),
- Shenguang (SG) series

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