Avalanche boron fusion by laser picosecond block ignition with magnetic trapping for clean and economic reactor
Abstract
Measured highly elevated gains of proton–boron (HB11) fusion (Picciottoet al., Phys. Rev. X4, 031030 (2014)) confirmed the exceptional avalanche reaction process (Lalousiset al., Laser Part. Beams 32, 409 (2014); Horaet al., Laser Part. Beams33, 607 (2015)) for the combination of the non-thermal block ignition using ultrahigh intensity laser pulses of picoseconds duration. The ultrahigh accelerationabove$$10^{20}~\text{cm}~\text{s}^{-2}$$ for plasma blocks was theoretically and numerically predicted since 1978 (Hora,Physics of Laser Driven Plasmas(Wiley, 1981), pp. 178 and 179) and measured (Sauerbrey, Phys. Plasmas3, 4712 (1996)) in exact agreement (Horaet al., Phys. Plasmas14, 072701 (2007)) when the dominating force was overcoming thermal processes. This is based on Maxwell’s stress tensor by the dielectric properties of plasma leading to the nonlinear (ponderomotive) force $$f_{\text{NL}}$$ resulting in ultra-fast expanding plasma blocks by a dielectric explosion. Combining this with measured ultrahigh magnetic fields and the avalanche process opens an option for an environmentally absolute clean and economic boron fusion power reactor. Finally, this is supported also by other experiments with very high HB11 reactions under different conditions (Labauneet al., Nature Commun.4, 2506 (2013)).
- Authors:
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- Univ. of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (Australia). Dept. of Theoretical Physics
- Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic (ASCR), Prague (Czech Republic). Inst. of Physics, ELI-Beamline Project
- Polytechnic Univ. of Madrid, Madrid (Spain). Inst. of Nuclear Fusion; Soreq Research Center, Yavne (Israel)
- Soreq Research Center, Yavne (Israel)
- Inst. of Electronic Structure and Lasers (FORTH), Heraklion (Greece)
- Fondazione Bruno Kessler, Trento (Italy). Micro-Nano Facility
- Univ. of Illinois, Urbana, IL (United States). Dept. of Nuclear Plasma & Radiological Engineering
- Technical Univ. Crete, Chania (Greece). Lab. of Matter Structure and Laser Physics
- Polytechnic Univ. of Madrid, Madrid (Spain). Inst. of Nuclear Fusion
- Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
- UJK Management GmbH, Poing (Germany)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1395299
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC52-07NA27344
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- High Power Laser Science and Engineering
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 4; Journal ID: ISSN 2095-4719
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY; boron fusion energy; dielectric nonlinear force explosion; economic reactor; environmentally clean energy; picosecond-non-thermal plasma block ignition
Citation Formats
Hora, H., Korn, G., Eliezer, S., Nissim, N., Lalousis, P., Giuffrida, L., Margarone, D., Picciotto, A., Miley, G. H., Moustaizis, S., Martinez-Val, J. -M., Barty, C. P. J., and Kirchhoff, G. J. Avalanche boron fusion by laser picosecond block ignition with magnetic trapping for clean and economic reactor. United States: N. p., 2016.
Web. doi:10.1017/hpl.2016.29.
Hora, H., Korn, G., Eliezer, S., Nissim, N., Lalousis, P., Giuffrida, L., Margarone, D., Picciotto, A., Miley, G. H., Moustaizis, S., Martinez-Val, J. -M., Barty, C. P. J., & Kirchhoff, G. J. Avalanche boron fusion by laser picosecond block ignition with magnetic trapping for clean and economic reactor. United States. https://doi.org/10.1017/hpl.2016.29
Hora, H., Korn, G., Eliezer, S., Nissim, N., Lalousis, P., Giuffrida, L., Margarone, D., Picciotto, A., Miley, G. H., Moustaizis, S., Martinez-Val, J. -M., Barty, C. P. J., and Kirchhoff, G. J. Tue .
"Avalanche boron fusion by laser picosecond block ignition with magnetic trapping for clean and economic reactor". United States. https://doi.org/10.1017/hpl.2016.29. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1395299.
@article{osti_1395299,
title = {Avalanche boron fusion by laser picosecond block ignition with magnetic trapping for clean and economic reactor},
author = {Hora, H. and Korn, G. and Eliezer, S. and Nissim, N. and Lalousis, P. and Giuffrida, L. and Margarone, D. and Picciotto, A. and Miley, G. H. and Moustaizis, S. and Martinez-Val, J. -M. and Barty, C. P. J. and Kirchhoff, G. J.},
abstractNote = {Measured highly elevated gains of proton–boron (HB11) fusion (Picciottoet al., Phys. Rev. X4, 031030 (2014)) confirmed the exceptional avalanche reaction process (Lalousiset al., Laser Part. Beams 32, 409 (2014); Horaet al., Laser Part. Beams33, 607 (2015)) for the combination of the non-thermal block ignition using ultrahigh intensity laser pulses of picoseconds duration. The ultrahigh accelerationabove$10^{20}~\text{cm}~\text{s}^{-2}$ for plasma blocks was theoretically and numerically predicted since 1978 (Hora,Physics of Laser Driven Plasmas(Wiley, 1981), pp. 178 and 179) and measured (Sauerbrey, Phys. Plasmas3, 4712 (1996)) in exact agreement (Horaet al., Phys. Plasmas14, 072701 (2007)) when the dominating force was overcoming thermal processes. This is based on Maxwell’s stress tensor by the dielectric properties of plasma leading to the nonlinear (ponderomotive) force $f_{\text{NL}}$ resulting in ultra-fast expanding plasma blocks by a dielectric explosion. Combining this with measured ultrahigh magnetic fields and the avalanche process opens an option for an environmentally absolute clean and economic boron fusion power reactor. Finally, this is supported also by other experiments with very high HB11 reactions under different conditions (Labauneet al., Nature Commun.4, 2506 (2013)).},
doi = {10.1017/hpl.2016.29},
journal = {High Power Laser Science and Engineering},
number = ,
volume = 4,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Oct 11 00:00:00 EDT 2016},
month = {Tue Oct 11 00:00:00 EDT 2016}
}
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