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Laser fusion research with GEKKO XII and PW laser system at Osaka

  • 1. Institute of Laser Engineering, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka (Japan)
  • 2. Faculty of Engineering, Kyushu University, Fukuoka (Japan)
  • 3. Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Oxfordshire (United Kingdom)
  • 4. Faculty of Engineering, Himeji Institute of Technology, Himeji (Japan)

Description

Fast heating of the compressed core plasma up to 500eV has been successfully demonstrated by injecting a 400J/0.6ps PW laser into a compressed CD shell through a hollow gold cone. According to this result, we started the FIREX (Fast Ignition Realization Experiment) project toward demonstrating the ignition of the highly compressed DT fuel by the high energy PW laser heating. A new heating laser LFEX (Laser for Fast Ignition Experiment) is under construction. In this paper the progresses in the experimental studies on scientific issues related to fast ignition and the integrated code development toward the FIREX will be reported. Research results on implosion hydrodynamics, Rayleigh-Taylor instability growth and a new stabilization mechanism are also reported. (author)

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20th IAEA fusion energy conference 2004. Conference proceedings

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Publishing Information

ISBN
92-0-100405-2
Imprint Title
20th IAEA fusion energy conference 2004. Conference proceedings
Imprint Pagination
3451 p.
Journal Issue
no. 25/CD
Series
C and S papers series
Journal Page Range
[10 p.]
ISSN
1562-4153
Report number
IAEA-CSP--25/CD

Conference

Title
20. IAEA fusion energy conference 2004
Dates
1-6 Nov 2004
Place
Villamoura (Portugal)

INIS

Country of Publication
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
36085231
Subject category
S70: PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
GEKKO FACILITY; GOLD; HYDRODYNAMICS; ICF DEVICES; INERTIAL CONFINEMENT; LASER IMPLOSIONS; LASER-PRODUCED PLASMA; LASER-RADIATION HEATING; LASERS; RAYLEIGH-TAYLOR INSTABILITY; STABILIZATION; THERMONUCLEAR IGNITION
Descriptors DEC
CONFINEMENT; ELEMENTS; FLUID MECHANICS; HEATING; IMPLOSIONS; INSTABILITY; MECHANICS; METALS; PLASMA; PLASMA CONFINEMENT; PLASMA HEATING; THERMONUCLEAR DEVICES; TRANSITION ELEMENTS

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Notes
13 refs, 12 figs
Secondary number(s)
OV/3--2