Fundamental issues in fast ignition physics: from relativistic electron generation to proton driven ignition

Year: 2003

Authors: Macchi A., Antonicci A., Atzeni S., Batani D., Califano F., Cornolti F., Honrubia J.J., Lisseikina T.V., Pegoraro F., Temporal M.

Autors Affiliation: Istituto Nazionale per la Fisica della Materia (INFM), sezione A, Dipartimento di Fisica `Enrico Fermi’, Universitą di Pisa, Via Buonarroti 2, I-56100 Pisa, Italy;
ETSII, Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, Spain;
Dipartimento di Energetica, Universitą di Roma `La Sapienza’ and INFM, Roma, Italy;
Dipartimento di Fisica, Universitą di Milano `Bicocca’ and INFM, Milano, Italy;
ETSII, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Spain

Abstract: In recent years, several schemes for laser-driven fast ignition (FI) of inertial confinement fusion targets have been proposed. In all schemes, a key element is the conversion of the energy of a Petawatt laser pulse into a beam of strongly relativistic electrons and the transport of the latter into a dense plasma or a solid target. The electron beam may either drive ignition directly or be used to accelerate a proton beam which is In turn used to ignite. Both ignition scenarios involve a number of physical processes which are widely unexplored and challenging for theory and simulation. In this contribution, we present theoretical and numerical investigations of several fundamental issues of relevance to F1 from the stage of electron generation and transport to that of proton energy deposition, including electron beam instabilities, electron transport in solid-density plasma, proton transport in the coronal plasma, and requirements for proton beam driven ignition.

Journal/Review: NUCLEAR FUSION

Volume: 43 (5)      Pages from: 362  to: 368

KeyWords: laser-plasma interactions; inertial confinement fusion; ; particle-in-cell simulations;
DOI: 10.1088/0029-5515/43/5/309

Citations: 56
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