Laser-plasma interactions in the context of inertial fusion research
- CELIA, Universite Bordeaux 1-CNRS-CEA, 33405 Talence cedex (France)
- CEA/DIF, BP 12, 91680 Bruyeres-le-Chatel (France)
- GIFI, Universidad Politecnica, Madrid (Spain)
- LULI, Ecole Polytechnique-CNRS, 91128 Palaiseau cedex (France)
The ignition scale facilities for the inertial confinement fusion now under construction in France and in the United States are based on a low adiabat compression of a spherically symmetric target and a central point ignition. An isochoric heating of a compressed core, known as the fast ignition, offers a possibility to reduce the ignition energy several times and significantly increase the gain. Fast ignition projects for the inertial fusion energy based on a PW-power driver are under discussion now in Europe, United States and Japan. We present the main features of the European project HiPER, aiming at the demonstration of the laser driven fusion. The key issues for the laser and target specifications are addressed in terms of the basic theory, numerical simulations and experiments on currently available large-scale laser facilities.
- OSTI ID:
- 21136925
- Journal Information:
- AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 993, Issue 1; Conference: PLASMA 2007: International conference on research and applications of plasmas; 4. German-Polish conference on plasma diagnostics for fusion and applications; 6. French-Polish seminar on thermal plasma in space and laboratory, Greifswald (Germany), 16-19 Oct 2007; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.2909129; (c) 2008 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0094-243X
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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