The Development of Heavy-Ion Acceleratiors as Drivers for Inertially Confined Fusion
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC), Menlo Park, CA (United States)
This document is a compilation of material assembled for use as a reference in establishing a major R & D effort aimed at applying the technology of large-scale particle accelerators to the problem of providing a driver suitable for commercial power production from inertially confined fusion. In addition to work by the author, it contains several sections contributed by other workers in the field of Heavy Ion Fusion. Chapter 3 on the interaction of high-energy heavy ions with matter was contributed by Roger Bangerter. Chapter 4 by Lloyd Smith contains a description of the types of accelerators which have been considered, their advantages and limitations, and a summary of the status of relevant accelerator theory. The appendices contain descriptions of complete accelerator driver systems contributed by the staffs at Argonne, Brookhaven and Berkeley. Draft copies of the report were distributed to members of review committees and other works in the field of inertial fusion. It is being printed at this time in response to the need for a source book for new workers in HIF. Although the author's home institution is SLAC, the report is being published as an LBL document because the work has been supported through the Accelerator and Fusion Research Division of LBL.
- Research Organization:
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC), Menlo Park, CA (United States); Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC02-76SF00515
- OSTI ID:
- 1453964
- Report Number(s):
- SLAC-R--221; LBL--9332; UC--21
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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