Laser accelerated ions in ICF research prospects and experiments

Roth, M. and Brambrink, E. and Audebert, P. and Basko, M. and Blazevic, A. and Clarke, R. and Cobble, J. and Cowan, T.E. and Fernandez, J. and Fuchs, J. and Hegelich, M. and Ledingham, Kenneth and Logan, L.G. and Neely, D. and Ruhl, H. and Schollmeier, M. (2005) Laser accelerated ions in ICF research prospects and experiments. Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion, 47 (12B). B841-B850. ISSN 0741-3335 (https://doi.org/10.1088/0741-3335/47/12B/S66)

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Abstract

The acceleration of ions by ultra-intense lasers has attracted great attention due to the unique properties and the unmatched intensities of the ion beams. In the early days the prospects for applications were already studied, and first experiments have identified some of the areas where laser accelerated ions can contribute to the ongoing inertial confinement fusion (ICF) research. In addition to the idea of laser driven proton fast ignition (PFI) and its use as a novel diagnostic tool for radiography the strong dependence on the electron transport in the target was found to be helpful in investigating the energy transport by electrons in fast ignitor scenarios. More recently an additional idea has been presented to use laser accelerated ion beams as the next generation ion sources, and taking advantage of the luminosity of the beams, to develop a test bed for heavy ion beam driven inertial confinement fusion physics. We review our recent experiments and simulations relevant to ICF research presenting a possible scenario for PFI as well as the prospects for next generation ion sources.

  • Item type:Article
    ID code:31223
    Dates:
    Date
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    1 December 2005
    Published
    Notes:32nd European-Physical-Society Conference on Plasma Physics, Tarragona, SPAIN, JUN 27-JUL 01, 2005
    Subjects:Science > Physics
    Department:Faculty of Science > Physics
    Depositing user: Pure Administrator
    Date deposited:13 Jul 2011 08:55
    Last modified:11 Nov 2024 09:45
    URI:https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/31223
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