Numerical simulation studies of the LBNL heavy-ion beam combiner experiment

Conference · Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1997

OSTI ID:554163

Fawley, W M; Seidl, P; Haber, I; Friedman, A; Grote, D P

Transverse beam combining is a cost-saving option employed in many designs for heavy-ion inertial fusion energy drivers. A major area of interest, both theoretically and experimentally, is the resultant transverse phase space dilution during the beam merging process. Currently, a prototype combining experiment is underway at LBNL and we have employed a variety of numerical descriptions to aid in both the initial design of the experiment data. These range from simple envelope codes to detailed 2- and 3-D PIC simulations. We compare the predictions of the different numerical models to each other and to experimental data at different longitudinal positions.

• Research Organization: Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States); Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States); Naval Research Lab., Washington, DC (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Energy Research, Washington, DC (United States); Department of Defense, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC03-76SF00098; AI02-94ER54232; W-7405-ENG-48
• OSTI ID: 554163
• Report Number(s): LBNL-39892; CONF-970503-; ON: DE97054540; TRN: 98:002475
• Resource Relation: Conference: 17. IEEE particle accelerator conference, Vancouver (Canada), 12-16 May 1997; Other Information: PBD: Jan 1997
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION
43 PARTICLE ACCELERATORS
HEAVY ION FUSION REACTIONS
INERTIAL CONFINEMENT
PHASE SPACE
PLASMA SIMULATION
ION BEAM FUSION REACTORS