https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/20135906001
Advances in HYDRA and its applications to simulations of inertial confinement fusion targets
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA, USA 94550
Published online: 15 November 2013
A new set of capabilities has been implemented in the HYDRA 2D/3D multiphysics inertial confinement fusion simulation code. These include a Monte Carlo particle transport library. It models transport of neutrons, gamma rays and light ions, as well as products they generate from nuclear and coulomb collisions. It allows accurate simulations of nuclear diagnostic signatures from capsule implosions. We apply it to here in a 3D simulation of a National Ignition Facility (NIF) ignition capsule which models the full capsule solid angle. This simulation contains a severely rough ablator perturbation and provides diagnostics signatures of capsule failure due to excessive instability growth.
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