Comment on 'Species separation in inertial confinement fusion fuels'[Phys. Plasmas 20, 012701 (2013)]

Journal Article · Mon Apr 15 00:00:00 EDT 2013 · Physics of Plasmas

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4799820· OSTI ID:22130498

Larroche, O. ^[1]

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1. CEA DIF, Bruyeres le Chatel, 91297 Arpajon Cedex (France)

A recent paper presents numerical simulations of shock waves in a two-ion-component plasma, investigating how species separation occurring in the latter can affect the nuclear fusion yield of inertial confinement fusion targets. Here, it is shown that an important physical mechanism has obviously been omitted in those calculations, which thus lead to significantly overestimated results.

• OSTI ID: 22130498
• Journal Information: Physics of Plasmas, Vol. 20, Issue 4; Other Information: (c) 2013 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 1070-664X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY
BOLTZMANN-VLASOV EQUATION
COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION
FUSION YIELD
INERTIAL CONFINEMENT
PLASMA
PLASMA SIMULATION
PLASMA WAVES
SHOCK WAVES
THERMONUCLEAR FUELS