Light ion driven inertial confinement fusion
Intense light ion beams are being developed to drive inertial confinement fusion (ICF) targets. Recently, intense proton beams have been used to drive two different types of targets in experiments on the Particle Beam Fusion Accelerator. The experiments focused separately on ion deposition physics and on implosion hydrodynamics. In the ion deposition physics experiments, a 3--4 TW/cm{sup 2} proton beam heated a low-density foam contained within a gold cylinder with a specific power deposition exceeding 100 TW/gm for investigating ion deposition, foam heating, and generation of x-rays. The significant results from these experiments included the following: the foam provided an optically thin radiating region, the uniformity of radiation across the foam was good, and the foam tamped the gold case, holding it in its original position for the 15 ns beam pulse width.
- Research Organization:
- Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC04-76DP00789
- OSTI ID:
- 10139316
- Report Number(s):
- SAND-92-0806C; CONF-920913-1; ON: DE92011662
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 14. international conference on plasma physics and controlled nuclear fusion research,Wurzburg (Germany),30 Sep - 7 Oct 1992; Other Information: PBD: [1992]
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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