Published April 22, 2008
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Report
LLE Review 113 (October-December 2007)
Description
This volume of the LLE Review, covering October-December 2007, features a report on target experiments using the Multi-Terawatt (MTW) Laser Facility to study the isochoric (constant volume) heating of solid-density targets by electrons produced from intense, short-pulse laser irradiation. Electron refluxing occurs due to target-sheath field effects and contains most of the fast electrons within the target volume. This efficiently heats the solid-density plasma through collisions. X-ray spectroscopic measurements indicate that laser energy couples to fast electrons with a conversion efficiency of ∼20%. Bulk electron temperatures of at least 200 eV are inferred for the smallest mass targets
Availability note (English)
Available from Laboratory for Laser Energetics, University of Rochester, NY (US)Additional details
Publishing Information
- Imprint Pagination
- vp.
- Report number
- DE/SF--19460-804
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 39095569
- Subject category
- S70: PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Non-conventional Literature
- Descriptors DEI
- EFFICIENCY; ELECTRON TEMPERATURE; ELECTRONS; HEATING; IRRADIATION; LASERS; PLASMA; TARGETS
- Descriptors DEC
- ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; FERMIONS; LEPTONS
Optional Information
- Contract/Grant/Project number
- 2007-27; FC52-92SF19460
- Funding organization
- US Department of Energy (United States)