Progress of indirect drive inertial confinement fusion in the United States

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作者：

Kline, J. L. ^{[1
]}

Batha, S. H. ^{[1
]}

Benedetti, L. R. ^{[2
]}

Bennett, D. ^{[2
]}

Bhandarkar, S. ^{[2
]}

Hopkins, L. F. Berzak ^{[2
]}

Biener, J. ^{[2
]}

Biener, M. M. ^{[2
]}

Bionta, R. ^{[2
]}

Bond, E. ^{[2
]}

Bradley, D. ^{[2
]}

Braun, T. ^{[2
]}

Callahan, D. A. ^{[2
]}

Caggiano, J. ^{[2
]}

Cerjan, C. ^{[2
]}

Cagadas, B. ^{[2
]}

Clark, D. ^{[2
]}

Castro, C. ^{[2
]}

Dewald, E. L. ^{[2
]}

Doeppner, T. ^{[2
]}

Divol, L. ^{[2
]}

Dylla-Spears, R. ^{[2
]}

Eckart, M. ^{[2
]}

Edgell, D. ^{[4
]}

Farrell, M. ^{[3
]}

Field, J. ^{[2
]}

Fittinghoff, D. N. ^{[2
]}

Johnson, M. Gatu ^{[5
]}

Grim, G. ^{[2
]}

Haan, S. ^{[2
]}

Haines, B. M. ^{[1
]}

Hamza, A., V ^{[2
]}

Hartouni, E. P. ^{[2
]}

Hatarik, R. ^{[2
]}

Henderson, K. ^{[2
]}

Herrmann, H. W. ^{[1
]}

Hinkel, D. ^{[2
]}

Ho, D. ^{[2
]}

Hohenberger, M. ^{[2
]}

Hoover, D. ^{[3
]}

Huang, H. ^{[3
]}

Hoppe, M. L. ^{[3
]}

Hurricane, O. A. ^{[2
]}

Izumi, N. ^{[2
]}

Johnson, S. ^{[2
]}

Jones, O. S. ^{[2
]}

Khan, S. ^{[2
]}

Kozioziemski, B. J. ^{[2
]}

Kong, C. ^{[2
]}

Kroll, J. ^{[2
]}

机构：

[1] Los Alamos Natl Lab, Los Alamos, NM 87545 USA

[2] Lawrence Livermore Natl Lab, Livermore, CA USA

[3] Gen Atom, San Diego, CA USA

[4] Lab Laser Energet, Rochester, NY USA

[5] MIT, Boston, MA USA

来源：

NUCLEAR FUSION | 2019年 / 59卷 / 11期

关键词：

inertial fusion; indirect drive; laser fusion; inertial fusion energy; HYDRODYNAMIC INSTABILITIES; IGNITION; SIMULATIONS; TARGETS; GAIN;

D O I：

10.1088/1741-4326/ab1ecf

中图分类号：

O35 [流体力学]; O53 [等离子体物理学];

学科分类号：

070204 ; 080103 ; 080704 ;

摘要：

Indirect drive converts high power laser light into x-rays using small high-Z cavities called hohlraums. X-rays generated at the hohlraum walls drive a capsule filled with deuterium-tritium (DT) fuel to fusion conditions. Recent experiments have produced fusion yields exceeding 50 Id where alpha heating provides similar to 3 x increase in yield over PdV work. Closing the gaps toward ignition is challenging, requiring optimization of the target/implosions and the laser to extract maximum energy. The US program has a three-pronged approach to maximize target performance, each closing some portion of the gap. The first item is optimizing the hohlraum to couple more energy to the capsule while maintaining symmetry control. Novel hohlraum designs are being pursued that enable a larger capsule to be driven symmetrically to both reduce 3D effects and increase energy coupled to the capsule. The second issue being addressed is capsule stability. Seeding of instabilities by the hardware used to mount the capsule and fill it with DT fuel remains a concern. Work reducing the impact of the DT fill tubes and novel capsule mounts is being pursed to reduce the effect of mix on the capsule implosions. There is also growing evidence native capsule seeds such as a micro-structure may be playing a role on limiting capsule performance and dedicated experiments are being developed to better understand the phenomenon. The last area of emphasis is the laser. As technology progresses and understanding of laser damage/mitigation advances, increasing the laser energy seems possible. This would increase the amount of energy available to couple to the capsule, and allow larger capsules, potentially increasing the hot spot pressure and confinement time. The combination of each of these focus areas has the potential to produce conditions to initiate thermo-nuclear ignition.

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