Laser-initiated target experiment (LITE)
Conference
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OSTI ID:4139380
The UARL Laser Initiated Target Experiment (LITE) is investigating the use of neutral beam injection onto a high-density target plasma to create and sustain a hot, dense, steady-state plasma in mirror geometry. The moderate- temperature (less than or equal to 1 keV), high-density, mirror-confined target plasma for this program is generated by laser beam heating of a small, solid particle of LiH within a minimum-B magnetic field. The LITE system is designed to inject a 0.5 A equivalent beam of 10 keV H$sup 0$ neutrals onto the approximately 100 cm$sup 2$ projected area of the confined target. Fokker-Planck and rate-equation calculations show that the target plasma will be heated by charge exchange and maintained by ionization of the injected beam to form a steady-state injection-sustained 10-keV plasma at a density greater than 10$sup 12$ cm$sup -3$. (auth)
- Research Organization:
- United Aircraft Research Labs., East Hartford, CT
- NSA Number:
- NSA-33-005141
- OSTI ID:
- 4139380
- Country of Publication:
- IAEA
- Language:
- English
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