Published May 2000
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Journal article
Nuclear fusion in gases of deuterium clusters heated with a femtosecond laser
- 1. Laser Program, L-477 Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Livermore, California 94550 (United States)
Description
Recent experiments on the interaction of intense, ultrafast pulses with large van der Waals bonded clusters have shown that these clusters can explode with substantial kinetic energy. Producing explosions in deuterium clusters with a 35 fs laser pulse, deuterium ions were accelerated to sufficient kinetic energy to drive deuterium-deuterium (DD) nuclear fusion. By diagnosing the fusion yield through measurements of 2.45 MeV fusion neutrons, over 104 neutrons per laser shot were measured when 100 mJ of laser energy is used. (c) 2000 American Institute of Physics
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Physics of Plasmas
- Journal Volume
- 7
- Journal Issue
- 5
- Journal Page Range
- p. 1993-1998
- ISSN
- 1070-664X
- CODEN
- PHPAEN
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 32059762
- Subject category
- S70: PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Numerical Data
- Descriptors DEI
- ATOMIC CLUSTERS; DEUTERIUM; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; INERTIAL CONFINEMENT; LASER FUSION REACTORS; LASER RADIATION; NEUTRONS; PLASMA CONFINEMENT; PLASMA DIAGNOSTICS
- Descriptors DEC
- BARYONS; CONFINEMENT; DATA; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; FERMIONS; HADRONS; HYDROGEN ISOTOPES; INFORMATION; ISOTOPES; LIGHT NUCLEI; NUCLEI; NUCLEONS; NUMERICAL DATA; ODD-ODD NUCLEI; PLASMA CONFINEMENT; RADIATIONS; STABLE ISOTOPES; THERMONUCLEAR REACTORS
- Proposed descriptors and Free-text terms
- laser beam effects; laser fusion