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Secondary DT neutron spectra in magnetized indirect-drive implosions

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Abstract

Diagnosing plasma magnetization in inertial-confinement-fusion (ICF) implosions is important for understanding how magnetic fields affect implosion dynamics. Secondary deuterium-tritium (DT) reactions provide two diagnostic signatures to infer neutron-averaged magnetization. Magnetically confining fusion tritons from deuterium-deuterium (DD) reactions in the hot spot increases their path lengths and energy loss, leading to an increase in the secondary DT reaction yield. In addition, the distribution of magnetically-confined DD-triton is anisotropic, and this drives anisotropy in the secondary DT-neutron spectra along different lines of sight. Neutron spectra from magnetized and unmagnetized indirect-drive implosions at the National Ignition Facility (NIF) will be discussed.

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Presenters

  • Hong W Sio

    Lawrence Livermore Natl Lab, Lawrence Livermore National Lab

Authors

  • Hong W Sio

    Lawrence Livermore Natl Lab, Lawrence Livermore National Lab

  • John D Moody

    Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Lawrence Livermore Natl Lab, LLNL, Lawrence Livermore National Lab

  • Bradley B Pollock

    Lawrence Livermore Natl Lab, Lawrence Livermore National Lab

  • David J Strozzi

    Lawrence Livermore Natl Lab, Lawrence Livermore National Lab

  • Darwin Ho

    LLNL, Lawrence Livermore Natl Lab, Lawrence Livermore National Lab

  • Edward P Hartouni

    Lawrence Livermore Natl Lab, Lawrence Livermore National Lab

  • Chris A Walsh

    Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Lawrence Livermore Natl Lab, Lawrence Livermore National Lab

  • Burl G Logan

    BG Logan Scientific

  • Sergei Kucheyev

    Lawrence Livermore Natl Lab, Lawrence Livermore National Lab

  • Bernard Kozioziemski

    Lawrence Livermore Natl Lab, Lawrence Livermore National Lab

  • Jim Sater

    Lawrence Livermore Natl Lab, Lawrence Livermore National Lab

  • Johnathan Fry

    Lawrence Livermore Natl Lab, Lawrence Livermore National Lab

  • Ken Skulina

    Lawrence Livermore Natl Lab, Lawrence Livermore National Lab

  • Evan Carroll

    Lawrence Livermore Natl Lab, Lawrence Livermore National Lab, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • Vincent Tang

    Lawrence Livermore Natl Lab, Lawrence Livermore National Lab, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • Scott Winters

    Lawrence Livermore Natl Lab, Lawrence Livermore National Lab

  • Jeremy P Chittenden

    Imperial College London

  • Aidan C Crilly

    Imperial College London, CIFS, The Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College London

  • Brian D Appelbe

    Imperial College London, CIFS, The Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College London, Imperial College