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Title: Overview of US heavy-ion fusion progress and plans

Abstract

Significant experimental and theoretical progress has been made in the U.S. heavy ion fusion program on high-current sources, transport, final focusing, chambers and targets for inertial fusion energy (IFE) driven by induction linac accelerators seek to provide the scientific and technical basis for the Integrated Beam Experiment (IBX), an integrated source-to-target physics experiment recently included in the list of future facilities planned by the U.S. Department of Energy. To optimize the design of IBX and future inertial fusion energy drivers, current HIF-VNL research is addressing several key issues (representative, not inclusive): gas and electron cloud effects which can exacerbate beam loss at high beam perveance and magnet aperture fill factors; ballistic neutralized and assisted-pinch focusing of neutralized heavy ion beams; limits on longitudinal compression of both neutralized and un-neutralized heavy ion bunches; and tailoring heavy ion beams for uniform target energy deposition for high energy density physics (HEDP) studies.

Authors:
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
Accelerator& Fusion Research Division
OSTI Identifier:
983098
Report Number(s):
LBNL-3207E
TRN: US1004500
DOE Contract Number:  
DE-AC02-05CH11231
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
70; ACCELERATORS; APERTURES; BEAM EMITTANCE; CLOUDS; COMPRESSION; DESIGN; ELECTRONS; ENERGY DENSITY; FILL FACTORS; FOCUSING; HEAVY IONS; INDUCTION; LINEAR ACCELERATORS; MAGNETS; PHYSICS; SPACE CHARGE; TARGETS; THERMONUCLEAR REACTORS; TRANSPORT

Citation Formats

Logan, B G. Overview of US heavy-ion fusion progress and plans. United States: N. p., 2004. Web. doi:10.2172/983098.
Logan, B G. Overview of US heavy-ion fusion progress and plans. United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/983098
Logan, B G. 2004. "Overview of US heavy-ion fusion progress and plans". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/983098. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/983098.
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title = {Overview of US heavy-ion fusion progress and plans},
author = {Logan, B G},
abstractNote = {Significant experimental and theoretical progress has been made in the U.S. heavy ion fusion program on high-current sources, transport, final focusing, chambers and targets for inertial fusion energy (IFE) driven by induction linac accelerators seek to provide the scientific and technical basis for the Integrated Beam Experiment (IBX), an integrated source-to-target physics experiment recently included in the list of future facilities planned by the U.S. Department of Energy. To optimize the design of IBX and future inertial fusion energy drivers, current HIF-VNL research is addressing several key issues (representative, not inclusive): gas and electron cloud effects which can exacerbate beam loss at high beam perveance and magnet aperture fill factors; ballistic neutralized and assisted-pinch focusing of neutralized heavy ion beams; limits on longitudinal compression of both neutralized and un-neutralized heavy ion bunches; and tailoring heavy ion beams for uniform target energy deposition for high energy density physics (HEDP) studies.},
doi = {10.2172/983098},
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place = {United States},
year = {Tue Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 2004},
month = {Tue Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 2004}
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