Theory of Compton scattering in ignited thermonuclear plasmas

Journal Article · Tue Jul 15 04:00:00 EDT 2008 · Journal of the Optical Society of America. Part B, Optical Physics

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1364/JOSAB.25.00B167· OSTI ID:21100329

Hartemann, F V; Siders, C W; Barty, C P. J. ^[1]

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1. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, 7000 East Avenue, L-470, Livermore, California 94550 (United States)

Inertially confined, ignited thermonuclear deuterium-tritium plasmas will produce intense blackbody radiation at temperatures of T(greater-or-similar sign)20 keV; it is shown that the injection of GeV electrons into the burning core can efficiently generate high-energy Compton scattering photons, as the high blackbody photon density alleviates the small interaction cross section. Moreover, it is shown that the spectrum scattered in a small solid angle can be remarkably monochromatic, due to kinematic pileup; peak brightness in excess of 10{sup 30} photons/(mm{sup 2} mrad{sup 2} s 0.1% bandwidth) are predicted. These results are also discussed within the context of the Schwinger field and the Sunyaev-Zel'dovich effect.

• OSTI ID: 21100329
• Journal Information: Journal of the Optical Society of America. Part B, Optical Physics, Journal Name: Journal of the Optical Society of America. Part B, Optical Physics Journal Issue: 7 Vol. 25; ISSN JOBPDE; ISSN 0740-3224
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS
GENERAL PHYSICS
BLACKBODY RADIATION
BRIGHTNESS
COMPTON EFFECT
CROSS SECTIONS
DEUTERIUM
ELECTRON BEAM INJECTION
ELECTRON BEAMS
ELECTRONS
GEV RANGE
LASERS
MONOCHROMATIC RADIATION
PHOTONS
PLASMA
TRITIUM