Evidence for stratification of deuterium-tritium fuel in inertial confinement fusion implosions

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2012

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American Physical Society

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Measurements of the $D(d, p)T$ $(dd)$ and $T(t, 2n)^{4}\text{He}$ $(tt)$ reaction yields have been compared with those of the $D(t, n)^{4}\text{He}$ $(dt)$ reaction yield, using deuterium-tritium gas-filled inertial confinement fusion capsule implosions. In these experiments, carried out on the OMEGA laser, absolute spectral measurements of $dd$ protons and $tt$ neutrons were obtained. From these measurements, it was concluded that the $dd$ yield is anomalously low and the $tt$ yield is anomalously high relative to the $dt$ yield, an observation that we conjecture to be caused by a stratification of the fuel in the implosion core. This effect may be present in ignition experiments planned on the National Ignition Facility.

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Deuterium-tritium, Deuterium-tritium fuels, National ignition facility, Omega laser, Reaction yields, Spectral measurement, Deuterium, Experiments, Explosions, Helium, Inertial confinement fusion, Tritium

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Casey, D. T., Frenje, J. A., Gatu Johnson, M., Manuel, M. J. -., Rinderknecht, H. G., Sinenian, N., . . . Bacher, A. D. (2012). Evidence for stratification of deuterium-tritium fuel in inertial confinement fusion implosions. Physical Review Letters, 108(7), 075002. http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.108.075002

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