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Progress in the shock-ignition inertial confinement fusion concept
Creators
- Theobald, W.1
- Casner, A.2
- Nora, R.1
- Ribeyre, X.3
- Lafon, M.3, 1
- Anderson, K. S.1
- Betti, R.4, 1
- Craxton, R. S.1
- Delettrez, J. A.1
- Frenje, J. A.5
- Glebov, V. Yu1
- Gotchev, O. V.1
- Hohenberger, M.1
- Hu, S. X.1
- Marshall, F. J.1
- McCrory, R. L.4, 1
- Meyerhofer, D. D.4, 1
- Perkins, L. J.6
- Sangster, T. C.1
- Schurtz, G.3
- Seka, W.1
- Smalyuk, V. A.6, 1
- Stoeckl, C.1
- Yaakobi, B.1
- EPJ Web of Conferences, EDP Sciences, 17, Avenue du Hoggar, Parc d'Activite de Courtaboeuf, BP 112, F-91944 Les Ulis Cedex A (France)
- 1. Laboratory for Laser Energetics, Fusion Science Center, Rochester, NY (United States)
- 2. CEA, DAM, DIF, Arpajon (France)
- 3. Centre Lasers Intenses et Applications, University of Bordeaux (France)
- 4. Departments of Mechanical Engineering and Physics, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY (United States)
- 5. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (United States)
- 6. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA (United States)
Description
Shock-ignition experiments with peak laser intensities of ∼8 x 1015 W/cm2 were performed. D2-filled plastic shells were compressed on a low adiabat by 40 of the 60 OMEGA beams. The remaining 20 beams were delayed and tightly focused onto the imploding shell to generate a strong shock. Up to 35% backscattering of laser energy was measured at the highest intensity. Hard x-ray measurements reveal a relatively low hot-electron temperature of ∼40 keV, independent of intensity and spike onset time. (authors)
Availability note (English)
Available from doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/20135903001Additional details
Identifiers
Publishing Information
- Publisher
- EDP Sciences
- Imprint Place
- Les Ulis (France)
- ISBN
- 978-2-7598-1077-2
- Imprint Pagination
- (v.59) 4 p.
Conference
- Title
- 7. International Conference on Inertial Fusion Sciences and Applications
- Acronym
- IFSA 2011
- Dates
- 12-16 Sep 2011
- Place
- Bordeaux (France)
INIS
- Country of Publication
- France
- Country of Input or Organization
- France
- INIS RN
- 45030185
- Subject category
- S70: PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Conference
- Descriptors DEI
- BACKSCATTERING; BEAMS; ELECTRON TEMPERATURE; HARD X RADIATION; INERTIAL CONFINEMENT; LASERS; PLASTICS; THERMONUCLEAR IGNITION
- Descriptors DEC
- CONFINEMENT; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; IONIZING RADIATIONS; MATERIALS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; ORGANIC POLYMERS; PETROCHEMICALS; PETROLEUM PRODUCTS; PLASMA CONFINEMENT; POLYMERS; RADIATIONS; SCATTERING; SYNTHETIC MATERIALS; X RADIATION
Optional Information
- Notes
- 19 refs