Published April 15, 1997
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Journal article
On impact fusion
Description
Impact fusion is a promising, but much less developed road towards inertial confinement fusion. It offers an excellent solution to the so-called stand-off problem for thermonuclear microexplosions but is confronted with the challenge to accelerate macroscopic particles to the needed high velocities of 102-103 km/s. To reach these velocities, two ways have been studied in the past. The electric acceleration of a beam of microparticles, with the particles as small as large clusters, and the magnetic acceleration of gram-size ferromagnetic or superconducting projectiles. For the generation of an intense burst of soft X-rays used for the indirect drive, impact fusion may offer new promising possibilities
Additional details
Identifiers
- DOI
- 10.1063/1.53519;
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- AIP Conference Proceedings
- Journal Volume
- 406
- Journal Issue
- 1
- Journal Page Range
- p. 198-207
- ISSN
- 0094-243X
- CODEN
- APCPCS
Conference
- Title
- 13. international conference on laser interactions and related plasma phenomena
- Dates
- 13-18 Apr 1997
- Place
- Monterey, CA (United States)
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 40044204
- Subject category
- S70: PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Conference
- Descriptors DEI
- ACCELERATION; CLUSTER BEAMS; ICF DEVICES; IMPACT FUSION; INDIRECT DRIVE ICF; INERTIAL CONFINEMENT; SOFT X RADIATION; THERMONUCLEAR IGNITION; VELOCITY
- Descriptors DEC
- BEAMS; CONFINEMENT; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; IONIZING RADIATIONS; NUCLEAR REACTIONS; NUCLEOSYNTHESIS; PLASMA CONFINEMENT; RADIATIONS; SYNTHESIS; THERMONUCLEAR DEVICES; THERMONUCLEAR REACTIONS; X RADIATION
Optional Information
- Notes
- (c) 1997 American Institute of Physics.