Simulations of heavy ion fusion beam compression with quadrupole focusing: Development of 3D capability

Conference · Thu Jun 30 00:00:00 EDT 1988

OSTI ID:6984254

Mark, J. W.K.; Friedman, A.; Chang, Chia-Lie; Drobot, A.; Mankofsky, A.

Longitudinal beam compression is essential to produce the requisite peak power for driving ICF targets; it could also produce the proper pulse shapes. Realistic effects of quadrupole focusing and displaced beam centroid in the presence of space charge are being studied with the help of the 3D ARGUS particle-in-cell (PIC) code. We discuss the results and code development for these studies.

• Research Organization: Lawrence Livermore National Lab., Livermore, CA (USA)
• Sponsoring Organization: DOE/DP
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-48
• OSTI ID: 6984254
• Report Number(s): UCRL-99002; CONF-880713-20; ON: DE89001500
• Resource Relation: Conference: Beams '88: 7th international conference on high-power particle beams, Karlsruhe, F.R. Germany, 4 Jul 1988; Other Information: Portions of this document are illegible in microfiche products
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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HEAVY ION FUSION REACTIONS
QUADRUPOLAR CONFIGURATIONS
SPACE CHARGE
CLOSED CONFIGURATIONS
CONFINEMENT
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MULTIPOLAR CONFIGURATIONS
NUCLEAR REACTIONS
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