Determination of critical velocity and fractions of suprathermal electrons in the implosion of deuterium-tritium pellets by the inertial confinement fusion
Creators
- 1. Area de Ingenieria Nuclear, Escuela Tecnica Superior de Ingenieros Industriales, Univ. de Zaragoza, 500015 Zaragoza (Spain)
Description
In this paper physical processes related to the production of suprathermal electrons by the Inertial Confinement Fusion have been analyzed. The critical velocity suprathermal electrons emerge with, in the implosion of the Deuterium-Tritium pellets, by means of the application of laser, have been calculated. To determinate this critical velocity the authors consider electric fields generated by laser and magnetic fields self-generated by implosion of pellet. Starting on this velocity the authors consider a gegenerate electron's model and having in mind values of the temperature, they have applied statistics of Fermi, Maxwell-Boltzmann and relativistic Maxwell-Boltzmann. Fractions of suprathermal electrons and its concentration to each value of electrons concentration ne, as function of energy, have been calculated. Conditions of applicability have been applied to aforementioned statistics to utilize them in hydrodynamic codes related to inertial Confinement Fusion
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Publisher
- World Scientific Pub. Co.
- Imprint Place
- Teaneck, NJ (United States)
- ISBN
- 981-02-0010-2
- Imprint Title
- Emerging nuclear energy system 1989
- Imprint Pagination
- 335 p.
- Journal Page Range
- p. 166-169.
Conference
- Title
- 5th international conference on emerging nuclear energy systems.
- Acronym
- ICENES '89
- Dates
- 3-6 Jul 1989.
- Place
- Karlsruhe (Germany).
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 23051812
- Subject category
- S70: PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Conference
- Descriptors DEI
- CALCULATION METHODS; COMPUTER CODES; CRITICAL VELOCITY; D-T REACTORS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRONS; FERMI STATISTICS; FUEL PELLETS; HYDRODYNAMICS; ICF DEVICES; INERTIAL CONFINEMENT; LASER IMPLOSIONS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; PLASMA PRODUCTION
- Descriptors DEC
- CONFINEMENT; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; EQUATIONS; FERMIONS; FLUID MECHANICS; IMPLOSIONS; LEPTONS; MECHANICS; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; PLASMA CONFINEMENT; THERMONUCLEAR DEVICES; THERMONUCLEAR REACTORS; VELOCITY
Optional Information
- Secondary number(s)
- CONF-890711--.