Nature Communications (Jan 2020)
Observation of persistent species temperature separation in inertial confinement fusion mixtures
- Brian M. Haines,
- R. C. Shah,
- J. M. Smidt,
- B. J. Albright,
- T. Cardenas,
- M. R. Douglas,
- C. Forrest,
- V. Yu Glebov,
- M. A. Gunderson,
- C. E. Hamilton,
- K. C. Henderson,
- Y. Kim,
- M. N. Lee,
- T. J. Murphy,
- J. A. Oertel,
- R. E. Olson,
- B. M. Patterson,
- R. B. Randolph,
- D. W. Schmidt
Affiliations
- Brian M. Haines
- Los Alamos National Laboratory
- R. C. Shah
- Los Alamos National Laboratory
- J. M. Smidt
- Los Alamos National Laboratory
- B. J. Albright
- Los Alamos National Laboratory
- T. Cardenas
- Los Alamos National Laboratory
- M. R. Douglas
- Los Alamos National Laboratory
- C. Forrest
- Laboratory for Laser Energetics, University of Rochester
- V. Yu Glebov
- Laboratory for Laser Energetics, University of Rochester
- M. A. Gunderson
- Los Alamos National Laboratory
- C. E. Hamilton
- Los Alamos National Laboratory
- K. C. Henderson
- Los Alamos National Laboratory
- Y. Kim
- Los Alamos National Laboratory
- M. N. Lee
- Los Alamos National Laboratory
- T. J. Murphy
- Los Alamos National Laboratory
- J. A. Oertel
- Los Alamos National Laboratory
- R. E. Olson
- Los Alamos National Laboratory
- B. M. Patterson
- Los Alamos National Laboratory
- R. B. Randolph
- Los Alamos National Laboratory
- D. W. Schmidt
- Los Alamos National Laboratory
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-14412-y
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 11,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 9
Abstract
The influence of contaminants is one of the factors hindering self-sustained thermonuclear burn in inertial confinement fusion. Here, the authors present evidence, through simulations and experiments, that contaminants do not fully reach thermal equilibrium, and thus their amount is usually underestimated.
