Measuring the Effect of Heterogeneous Mix on Thermonuclear Burn in the Marble Campaign Using an Argon/Tritium Fill Gas

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Abstract

The Marble\footnote{T J Murphy {\it et al,} J Phys:Conf Series {\bf 717}, 012072 (2016).} campaign on NIF quantifies the effect of heterogeneous mix on thermonuclear burn for comparison to a probability distribution function (PDF) burn model.\footnote{J R Fincke, unpublished; J R Ristorcelli, Phys Fluids 29, 020705 (2017).} MARBLE utilizes plastic capsules filled with deuterated plastic foam and tritium-containing gas. Recent experiments, which utilized an argon-tritium gas mixture, show the expected decrease in DT/DD yield ratio with non-uniform initial foam morphology, while previous experiments with a hydrogen-tritium gas mixture did not.\footnote{T J Murphy {\it et al} submitted to High Energy. Dens. Phys.}

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Authors

  • T. J. Murphy

    Los Alamos National Laboratory

  • B. J. Albright

    Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos NM, 87544, Los Alamos National Laboratory, LANL

  • M. R. Douglas

    Los Alamos Natl Lab, Los Alamos National Laboratory

  • T. Cardenas

    Los Alamos Natl Lab, Los Alamos National Laboratory

  • J. H. Cooley

    Los Alamos National Laboratory

  • T. H. Day

    Los Alamos Natl Lab, Los Alamos National Laboratory

  • C. Di Stefano

    LANL, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos Natl Lab

  • R. A. Gore

    Los Alamos National Laboratory

  • M. A. Gunderson

    Los Alamos National Laboratory

  • J. R. Haack

    Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos National Lab

  • Brian Haines

    Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos Natl Lab, LANL

  • C. E. Hamilton

    Los Alamos National Laboratory

  • Yongho Kim

    Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos Natl Lab

  • M. N. Lee

    Los Alamos National Laboratory

  • J. A. Oertel

    Los Alamos National Laboratory

  • R. E. Olson

    LANL, Los Alamos National Laboratory

  • R. B. Randolph

    Los Alamos National Laboratory

  • J. M. Smidt

    Los Alamos National Laboratory

  • L. Yin

    Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos NM, 87544, Los Alamos Natl Lab, Los Alamos National Laboratory

  • Rahul Shah

    University of Rochester Laboratory for Laser Energetics, Laboratory for Laser Energetics, U. of Rochester, Laboratory for Laser Energetics, Laboratory for Laser Energetics, University of Rochester, Lab for Laser Energetics, University of Rochester