Volume ignition for inertial confinement fusion tested by different stopping power models

Journal Article · Wed May 01 00:00:00 EDT 1996 · AIP Conference Proceedings

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.50372· OSTI ID:397221

Hora, H; Eliezer, S; Honrubia, J J; Hoepfl, R; Martinez-Val, J M; Peria, M; Velarde, G ^[1]

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1. European Network High Energy Density Matter-Polytechnic University of Madrid (Spain)

Within the low cost energy alternatives to carbon burning, nuclear fusion based on inertial confinement offers the earliest solution. The existing difficulties with spark (hot spot) ignition are reduced by volume ignition. Two basically different computations with different stopping power models are compared and only minor differences in the fusion gains established. An effective density-radius criterion results in comparably very high values if the strong effect of self-heat is included. {copyright} {ital 1996 American Institute of Physics.}

• OSTI ID: 397221
• Report Number(s): CONF-950476-; ISSN 0094-243X; TRN: 96:029299
• Journal Information: AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 369, Issue 1; Conference: 12. international conference on laser interaction and related plasma phenomena, Osaka (Japan), 24-28 Apr 1995; Other Information: PBD: May 1996
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION
INERTIAL CONFINEMENT
THERMONUCLEAR IGNITION
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
STOPPING POWER
GAIN
PLASMA HEATING
COMPRESSION