Fast ignitor concept with light ions

Bychenkov, V. Yu.; Maksimchuk, A.; Rozmus, W.; Umstadter, Donald; Capjack, C. E.

2001-12

Citation: Bychenkov, V. Yu.; Rozmus, W.; Maksimchuk, A.; Umstadter, D.; Capjack, C. E.; (2001). "Fast ignitor concept with light ions." Plasma Physics Reports 27 (12): 1017-1020. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/45802>

Abstract: A short-laser-pulse driven ion flux is examined as a fast ignitor candidate for inertial confinement fusion. Ion ranges in a hot precompressed fuel are studied. The ion energy and the corresponding intensity of a short laser pulse are estimated for the optimum ion range and ion energy density flux. It is shown that a lightion beam triggered by a few-hundreds-kJ laser at intensities of ≳10 21 W/cm 2 is relevant to the fast ignitor scenario.

ISSN: 1063-780X, 1562-6938

DOIs: http://dx.doi.org/10.1134/1.1426135

Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/45802

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