Overview of US heavy ion fusion research

Conference · Mon Nov 01 04:00:00 EST 2004

OSTI ID:860742

Logan, B G; Bieniosek, F M; Celata, C M; Henestroza, E; Kwan, J W; Lee, E P; Leitner, M; Roy, P K; Seidl, P A; Eylon, S; Vay, J-L; Waldron, W L; Yu, S S; Barnard, J J; Callahan, D A; Cohen, R H; Friedman, A; Grote, D P; Covo, Kireeff M; Meier, W R ; Molvik, A W; Lund, S M; Davidson, R C; Efthimion, P C; Gilson, E P; Grisham, L R; Kaganovich, I D; Qin, H; Startsev, E A; Rose, D V; Welch, D R; Olson, C L; Kishek, R A; O'Shea, P; Haber, I; Prost, L R; Prost, L

Significant experimental and theoretical progress has been made in the U.S. heavy ion fusion program on high-current sources, injectors, transport, final focusing, chambers and targets for high energy density physics (HEDP) and inertial fusion energy (IFE) driven by induction linac accelerators. One focus of present research is the beam physics associated with quadrupole focusing of intense, space-charge dominated heavy-ion beams, including gas and electron cloud effects at high currents, and the study of long-distance-propagation effects such as emittance growth due to field errors in scaled experiments. A second area of emphasis in present research is the introduction of background plasma to neutralize the space charge of intense heavy ion beams and assist in focusing the beams to a small spot size. In the near future, research will continue in the above areas, and a new area of emphasis will be to explore the physics of neutralized beam compression and focusing to high intensities required to heat targets to high energy density conditions as well as for inertial fusion energy.

• Research Organization: Ernest Orlando Lawrence Berkeley NationalLaboratory, Berkeley, CA (US)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Director. Office of Science. Office of Fusion EnergySciences. Contracts DE-AC03-76SF00098 and W-7405-ENG-48 andDE-AC03-76CH03073
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-05CH11231
• OSTI ID: 860742
• Report Number(s): LBNL--55963; HIFAN 1480; BnR: AT5015031
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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