Beam instabilities in laser-plasma interaction relevant to fast ignition

Summary form only given. In a Fast Ignition approach to achieving inertial confinement fusion (ICF) the processes of thermonuclear fuel compression and ignition are separated. The fusion fuel is partially compressed with a primary series of long-pulse, high energy lasers and in one scheme a single h...

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Published in2012 Abstracts IEEE International Conference on Plasma Science p. 1P-133
Main Authors Humphrey, K.A., Speirs, D.C., King, M., Ronald, K., Phelps, A.D.R., Bingham, R., Trines, R., Norreys, P., Cairns, R. A., Silva, Luis O., Fiuza, F.
Format Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published IEEE 01.07.2012
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Fuels
Ignition
Laser beams
Laser fusion
Plasmas
Power lasers
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Summary:Summary form only given. In a Fast Ignition approach to achieving inertial confinement fusion (ICF) the processes of thermonuclear fuel compression and ignition are separated. The fusion fuel is partially compressed with a primary series of long-pulse, high energy lasers and in one scheme a single high power, short-pulse laser is used to drive a stream of energetic electrons into the core of the plasma to heat and ignite the compressed fuel.
ISBN:9781457721274
1457721279
ISSN:0730-9244
2576-7208
DOI:10.1109/PLASMA.2012.6383461