神光III主机上球腔辐射场实验的三维数值模拟与分析

2015年在神光Ⅲ激光装置上开展了两孔球腔物理实验.利用三维隐式蒙特卡罗数值模拟程序模拟两孔球腔中的辐射输运问题,研究辐射场分布及其动态演化过程.数值模拟结果大多数与实验结果符合较好,但局部位置存在明显差异.分析了产生差异的可能原因,提出解决措施及未来发展方向.综合数值模拟结果及其与实验结果的对比可知,三维隐式蒙特卡罗数值模拟程序具备较好的黑腔三维辐射输运数值模拟能力.     

Indirect-drive inertial confinement fusion using highly supersonic,radiatively cooled,plasma slugs

We present a new approach to indirect-drive inertial confinement fusion which makes use of highly supersonic, radiatively cooled, slugs of plasma to energize a hohlraum. 2D resistive magnetohydrodynamic simulations of slug formation in shaped liner Z-pinch implosions are presented along with 2D-radiation-hydrodynamic simulations of the slug impacting a converter foil and 3D-view-factor simulations of a double-ended hohlraum. Results for the Z facility at Sandia National Laboratory indicate that two synchronous slugs of 250 kJ kinetic energy could be produced, resulting in a capsule surface temperature of approximately 225 eV.     

Demonstration of radiation symmetry control for inertial confinement fusion in double Z-pinch hohlraums

Simulations of a double Z-pinch hohlraum, relevant to the high-yield inertial-confinement-fusion concept, predict that through geometry design the time-integrated P2 Legendre mode drive asymmetry can be systematically controlled from positive to negative coefficient values. Studying capsule elongation, recent experiments on Z confirm such control by varying the secondary hohlraum length. Since the experimental trend and optimum length are correctly modeled, confidence is gained in the simulation tools; the same tools predict capsule drive uniformity sufficient for high-yield fusion ignition.     

间接驱动的内爆不对称性随腔长和时间变化的研究

在激光间接驱动惯性约束聚变中, 为达到高密度压缩以实现点火, 对靶丸内爆对称性和黑腔辐射场均匀性有严格的要求. 为了研究内爆不对称性随腔长和时间的变化, 实验中采用了三种不同尺寸的黑腔, 利用X光分幅相机观测了靶丸燃料区自发光, 获得了压缩变形过程和椭圆度变化规律, 初步判断了在三种腔型中腔长1700 μm 的黑腔较接近神光Ⅲ原型装置内爆对称性要求. 根据视角因子程序计算得到辐射流不对称性随时间变化情况, 通过一个简化的解析模型推导出内爆形变不对称性随时间变化过程, 与实验结果大致符合. 由此进一步分析了黑腔辐射场不均匀性的演化导致内爆不对称性随腔长和时间变化的物理机制. 关键词： 内爆不对称性 黑腔辐射场不均匀性 腔长 视角因子程序     

Progress toward ignition with noncryogenic double-shell capsules

Inertial confinement fusion implosions using capsules with two concentric shells separated by a low density region (double shells) are reported which closely follow one dimensional (1D) radiatively driven hydrodynamics simulations. Capsule designs which mitigate Au M-band radiation asymmetries appear to correspond more closely to 1D simulations than targets lacking mitigation of hohlraum drive M-band nonuniformities. One capsule design achieves over 50% of the unperturbed 1D calculated yield at a convergence ratio of 25.5, comparable to that of a double-shell design for an ignition capsule at the National Ignition Facility.     

辐射场非平衡性对CH薄膜烧蚀特性的影响

 为研究辐射场非平衡性对ICF内爆靶丸辐射烧蚀效果的影响,在普朗克谱的高频区（Au的M带）叠加高斯谱人为地构造辐射源的能谱,利用1维多群辐射输运流体力学程序RDMG模拟CH薄膜的烧蚀过程,考察烧蚀压、预热、压缩比、冲击波速度等物理量受辐射场非平衡性的影响。模拟结果表明,Au的M带辐射有明显的增强预热、减小冲击波压缩比的作用,从而间接地影响了烧蚀冲击波的速度。     

视角因子方法在间接驱动ICF中的应用

采用视角因子方法,对间接驱动惯性约束聚变(ICF)过程中从腔内壁辐射到靶丸表面的辐射进行了计算,并分析了激光原型装置上的一个实验的对称性环境。间接驱动ICF系统的不对称性一般来自于激光焦斑和腔体的几何结构,利用视角因子方法,计算X光能量在腔体内的强度分布,将靶丸表面的驱动对称性表示成腔体结构和激光焦斑几何参数的函数。结果表明,采用该方法的程序模拟能够评估腔靶设计的主要参数。     

神光Ⅲ原型黑腔物理实验研究

总结了在神光Ⅲ原型激光装置上开展的一系列黑腔物理实验研究,从多个方面研究了黑腔内部等离子体状态和辐射场特性。用真空黑腔能量学研究获得了散射光、辐射温度和不同能段辐射流份额的定标规律,从能量学角度梳理和分析了整个激光黑腔相互作用过程。通过对黑腔中充入低密度低Z气体抑制了腔壁等离子体运动,明显减少了可能造成靶丸预热的金M带辐射流(1.6~4.4keV)份额。针对黑腔内部不同区域等离子体,研究了光斑区等离子体的运动,分析了其与电子热传导限流因子的关系;研究了冕区等离子体的运动,分析了不同充气等离子体条件对其的影响;在同一发次实验中同时测量了光斑区与再发射区的辐射流比值。     

数值模拟辐射驱动2维内爆压缩过程

采用2维三温非平衡辐射流体力学程序LARED-H数值模拟辐射驱动内爆过程。针对2维三温能量方程九点差分格式离散后的线性方程组,采用了高效的Krysolv子空间迭代解法,改进了代数解法器。将1维间接驱动内爆总体程序CFJ与LARED-H程序的计算结果进行比对,验证了LARED-H程序数值模拟1维内爆问题的正确性。并数值模拟了不同腔长辐射温度源驱动下的2维靶球运动,数值结果显示:随着腔长的增加,高压缩内爆燃料区分别被压缩成香肠形、球形和铁饼形,数值模拟结果与神光Ⅱ的实验结果定性上相同。     

激光间接驱动聚变中黑腔辐射温度的角分布

通过理论分析和LARED多群辐射输运模拟研究了激光间接驱动聚变中黑腔辐射温度的角分布特点。研究发现,黑腔辐射温度角分布主要决定于光斑区与非光斑区的对比度、视野中光斑区的面积比例,以及体发射的份额。激光二维光环排布下黑腔辐射温度角分布与二维LARED模拟结果非常一致。研究还发现,二维的LARED模拟能够有效地用于研究神光Ⅲ原型黑腔实验中三维光斑排布下的辐射温度角分布。通过缩小FXRD测量面积能够有效地提高黑腔辐射温度随角度的变化,从而降低辐射流测量误差对辐射温度角分布的影响。     

Z箍缩动态黑腔冲击波辐射图像诊断

在“聚龙一号”装置上开展了单层钨丝阵加载重泡沫的动态黑腔实验, 初步研究了Z 箍缩动态黑腔中冲击波传播和黑腔形成的物理过程. 获得了冲击波辐射环的演化图像, 分析了丝阵等离子体与泡沫的作用过程及动态黑腔内的辐射特性. 测得冲击波的向心传播速度为(14.2±1.7) cm/μs, 冲击波平均宽度为0.8-0.9 mm. 冲击波辐射环的发光强度沿角向分布的标准偏差约为±10%, 中心黑腔区的标准偏差约为±4.2%.     

神光-Ⅲ主机黑腔腔形研究与设计

利用三维视角因子软件IRAD3D研究了神光-Ⅲ主机靶丸表面辐射驱动时变对称性和驱动强度随黑腔腔形和排布方式的变化。模拟结果表明:采用椭球形黑腔能显著减小黑腔壁面积从而减小腔壁能量消耗并提高靶丸消耗份额;不同腔形和排布方式下均可通过调节腔长使勒让德不对称性模P2时间积分量较小;采用双环辐照和椭球腔形都利于缩短腔长;四环排布利于调节P4分量,但环向不对称性M4较差;椭球腔双环排布能兼顾极向不对称性P2,P4和环向不对称性M4,且靶丸表面X光驱动强度相对柱腔双环提高25%~27%。     

Demonstration of ignition radiation temperatures in indirect-drive inertial confinement fusion hohlraums

We demonstrate the hohlraum radiation temperature and symmetry required for ignition-scale inertial confinement fusion capsule implosions. Cryogenic gas-filled hohlraums with 2.2 mm-diameter capsules are heated with unprecedented laser energies of 1.2 MJ delivered by 192 ultraviolet laser beams on the National Ignition Facility. Laser backscatter measurements show that these hohlraums absorb 87% to 91% of the incident laser power resulting in peak radiation temperatures of T(RAD)=300 eV and a symmetric implosion to a 100 μm diameter hot core.     

A new ignition hohlraum design for indirect-drive inertial confinement fusion

In this paper,a six-cylinder-port hohlraum is proposed to provide high symmetry flux on capsule.It is designed to ignite a capsule with 1.2-mm radius in indirect-drive inertial confinement fusion(ICF).Flux symmetry and laser energy are calculated by using three-dimensional view factor method and laser energy balance in hohlraum.Plasma conditions are analyzed based on the two-dimensional radiation-hydrodynamic simulations.There is no Y_(lm)(l≤4) asymmetry in the six-cylinder-port hohlraum when the influences of laser entrance holes(LEHs) and laser spots cancel each other out with suitable target parameters.A radiation drive with 300 eV and good flux symmetry can be achieved by using a laser energy of 2.3 MJ and peak power of 500 TW.According to the simulations,the electron temperature and the electron density on the wall of laser cone are high and low,respectively,which are similar to those of outer cones in the hohlraums on National Ignition Facility(NTF).And the laser intensity is also as low as those of NIF outer cones.So the backscattering due to laser plasma interaction(LPI) is considered to be negligible.The six-cyliner-port hohlraum could be superior to the traditional cylindrical hohlraum and the octahedral hohlraum in both higher symmetry and lower backscattering without supplementary technology at an acceptable laser energy level.It is undoubted that the hohlraum will add to the diversity of ICF approaches.     

Influence analysis of symmetry on capsule in six-cylinder-port hohlraum

We have investigated the flux symmetry on the capsule in a six-cylinder-port hohlraum for improving the design of the hohlraum. The influence factors of drive symmetry on the capsule in the hohlraum are studied, including laser power,laser beams arrangement, hohlraum geometric parameters, plasma condition, capsule convergence, etc. The x-ray radiation flux distribution on the capsule is obtained based on the three-dimensional view factor model. In the six-cylinder-port hohlraum, the main drive asymmetry is the C40 mode asymmetry. When the C40 mode asymmetry approaches zero, the drive symmetry on the capsule is optimal. Our results demonstrate that in order to have a high flux symmetry on the capsule in the laser main-pulse stage, more negative initial C40 modes are needed, which can be realized by adjusting the hohlraum geometry parameters. The hohlraum with column length L_H = 4.81 mm has an optimal symmetry in the laser main-pulse stage.     

低密度泡沫金激光-X射线转换特性模拟研究

在激光间接驱动惯性约束聚变中, 激光首先与黑腔壁高Z等离子体相互作用转换成强X射线辐射, 再通过高Z腔壁的X射线再辐射而在靶丸表面产生对称辐射以驱动其内爆, 改善腔中激光–X射线转换特性非常重要. 利用一维辐射流体程序模拟研究了低密度泡沫金对激光–X射线转换特性的影响, 结果表明: 在固定激光参数条件下, 随着Au材料密度降低, 激光–X射线转换效率提高, 当泡沫Au密度为0.1 g/cm³时, 转换效率相对提高19%; 同时, 金M带辐射份额随之减少; 对于发光区运动, 存在合适的泡沫Au密度使其得到有效抑制. 从能量平衡的角度分析了转换效率提高的原因: 在激光与低密度泡沫Au作用时, 转换为流体力学动能损耗的能量份额与固体Au相比有所降低, 因而相应的辐射能份额增加. 低密度泡沫Au改善激光–X射线转换特性是实现黑腔腔壁优化的一种途径, 模拟结果为进一步开展相应实验研究提供了依据. 关键词： 泡沫金 激光-X射线转换 辐射谱 等离子体运动     

辐射驱动不对称性对靶球压缩的影响

定量评估了驱动不对称性对靶球压缩的影响。对于不随时间变化不对称性驱动内爆,2维数值模拟结果表明:收缩比越小,驱动不对称性对靶球压缩变形和中子产额的影响越小;如果靶球压缩变形度为2.0,则相应的中子产额较少30%。改变黑腔长度,可得到不同时空性质辐射流,当腔长为1 350μm时,后来的反向不均匀性能消除前期不对称压缩的影响,最后压缩接近球形,内爆中子产额也最高。靶球压缩X光成像数值分析表明,用成像图的半高全宽(FWHM)值来分析燃料压缩变形特性是合理的。该研究结果已成功地用于神光Ⅱ间接驱动内爆物理实验的理论设计和测量数据分析。     

Symmetric inertial-confinement-fusion-capsule implosions in a double-z-pinch-driven hohlraum

An inertial-confinement-fusion (ICF) concept using two 60-MA Z pinches to drive a cylindrical hohlraum to 220 eV has been recently proposed. The first capsule implosions relevant to this concept have been performed at the same physical scale with a lower 20-MA current, yielding a 70+/-5 eV capsule drive. The capsule shell shape implies a polar radiation symmetry, the first high-accuracy measurement of this type in a pulsed-power-driven ICF configuration, within a factor of 1.6-4 of that required for scaling to ignition. The convergence ratio of 14-21 is to date the highest in any pulsed-power ICF system.     

球形黑腔辐射输运问题的蒙特卡罗模拟

利用蒙特卡罗方法模拟六孔球形黑腔中的辐射输运, 研究靶球辐照均匀性问题. 对于几何结构简单的解析模型, 研究了不同黑腔靶球半径比的靶球辐照均匀性变化规律, 得出的结论与解析的“视因子”方法给出的一致. 对于几何结构复杂的黑腔模型, 如放置有挡板的模型, 解析方法计算困难, 但利用蒙特卡罗方法仍然能够准确模拟计算. 不同挡板大小的理论模型计算结果表明, 挡板对X光输运到靶球表面的分布状况有明显的影响, 如果设置得当则可以提高X光利用效率并显著改善靶球辐照均匀性, 否则可能严重破坏靶球辐照均匀性. 因此, 黑腔中的挡板位置及大小需要精心设计. 应用表明, 蒙特卡罗方法对于具有复杂结构的黑腔辐射输运问题具有很好的适应性.     

低密度泡沫金提升黑腔腔壁再发射率的实验研究

提高黑腔辐射温度对高能量密度物理研究,尤其是惯性约束聚变研究至关重要.提高黑腔腔壁再发射率是增强黑腔辐射温度的一个有效措施.理论研究发现低密度泡沫材料能够降低腔壁能量损失,进而提高再发射率.在神光II原型激光装置上开展了泡沫金和固体金再发射能流对比测量实验,证实了该理论研究.实验利用透射光栅得到具有空间分辨和谱分辨的X射线发射,测量结果表明在190 eV的黑腔辐射场作用下,0.4 g/cc密度的泡沫金可比固体金提升约20%的X射线能流发射,并且增加的发射以1 keV以下的低能能段为主.自相似解得到的理论结果和MULTI 1D模拟计算的结果均表明泡沫金可提高腔壁再发射能流,与实验结果定性一致.研究结果表明,泡沫金作为黑腔腔壁材料可提高腔壁再发射率,增强黑腔辐射温度,具有诱人的应用前景.