Inertial confinement fusion research at DENIM, Spain

Major efforts of the DENIM group have centred on obtaining accurate models for analysis of the physics and peformance of inertially confined fusion targets and research on conceptual analysis of fusion reactor cavities and blankets. The models developed were applied numerically, and an important set of physical and technological consequences were derived, from which guidelines for coupled beam/target design emerged. Directions for present and future development include improvements in ionization models, equations of state, thermal radiation transport, beam/target interaction, kinetic description of plasma and numerical studies on target configuration and pulse shape optimizations. This work will make it possible to determine the calculational capability for the subsequent research phase of conceptual analysis of ICF reactors. (author)