Modeling hydrodynamics, magnetic fields and synthetic radiographs for high-energy-density plasma flows in shock-shear targets
Abstract
Three-dimensional FLASH radiation-magnetohydrodynamics (radiation-MHD) modeling is carried out to study the hydrodynamics and magnetic fields in the shock-shear derived platform. Simulations indicate that fields of tens of Tesla can be generated via Biermann battery effect due to vortices and mix in the counter-propagating shock-induced shear layer. Synthetic proton radiography simulations using MPRAD and synthetic X-ray image simulations using SPECT3D are carried out to predict the observable features in the diagnostics. Quantifying the effects of magnetic fields in inertial confinement fusion (ICF) and high-energy-density (HED) plasmas represents frontier research that has far-reaching implications in basic and applied sciences.
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@article{arxiv.1911.09196,
title = {Modeling hydrodynamics, magnetic fields and synthetic radiographs for high-energy-density plasma flows in shock-shear targets},
author = {Yingchao Lu and Shengtai Li and Hui Li and Kirk A. Flippo and Dan Barnak and Andrew Birkel and Brandon Lahmann and Chikang Li and Alexander M. Rasmus and Kwyntero Kelso and Alex Zylstra and Edison Liang and Petros Tzeferacos and Don Lamb},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1911.09196},
year = {2020}
}
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14 pages, 7 figures