Fast ignition by intense laser-accelerated proton beams

被引:1247
作者
Roth, M [1 ]
Cowan, TE
Key, MH
Hatchett, SP
Brown, C
Fountain, W
Johnson, J
Pennington, DM
Snavely, RA
Wilks, SC
Yasuike, K
Ruhl, H
Pegoraro, F
Bulanov, SV
Campbell, EM
Perry, MD
Powell, H
机构
[1] Univ Calif Lawrence Livermore Natl Lab, Livermore, CA 94550 USA
[2] Gesellsch Schwerionenforsch, Darmstadt, Germany
[3] Gen Atom Co, San Diego, CA 92186 USA
[4] NASA, George C Marshall Space Flight Ctr, Huntsville, AL 35812 USA
[5] Osaka Univ, ILE, Suita, Osaka 565, Japan
[6] Max Born Inst, Berlin, Germany
[7] Ist Nazl Fis Mat, Sez A, Pisa, Italy
[8] RAS, Inst Gen Phys, Moscow 117901, Russia
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.86.436
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O4 [物理学];
学科分类号
0702 ;
摘要
The concept of fast ignition with inertial confinement fusion (ICF) is a way to reduce the energy required for ignition and burn and to maximize the gain produced by a single implosion. Based on recent experimental findings at the PETAWATT laser at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, an intense proton beam to achieve fast ignition is proposed. It is produced by direct laser acceleration and focused onto the pellet from the rear side of an irradiated target and can be integrated into a hohlraum for indirect drive ICF.
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页码:436 / 439
页数:4
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