Theory of Compton scattering in ignited thermonuclear plasmas
- 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, Vol. 25, Issue 7; Other Information: DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.25.00B167; (c) 2008 Optical Society of America; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0740-3224
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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