Disassembly time of deuterium-cluster-fusion plasma irradiated by an intense laser pulse

Bang, W.

doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.92.013102

Title: Disassembly time of deuterium-cluster-fusion plasma irradiated by an intense laser pulse

Journal Article · Thu Jul 02 00:00:00 EDT 2015 · Physical Review. E, Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.92.013102· OSTI ID:1221407

Bang, W. ^[1]

Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)

Energetic deuterium ions from large deuterium clusters (>10 nm diameter) irradiated by an intense laser pulse (>10¹⁶ W/cm²) produce DD fusion neutrons for a time interval determined by the geometry of the resulting fusion plasma. We show an analytical solution of this time interval, the plasma disassembly time, for deuterium plasmas that are cylindrical in shape. Assuming a symmetrically expanding deuterium plasma, we calculate the expected fusion neutron yield and compare with an independent calculation of the yield using the concept of a finite confinement time at a fixed plasma density. The calculated neutron yields agree quantitatively with the available experimental data. Our one-dimensional simulations indicate that one could expect a tenfold increase in total neutron yield by magnetically confining a 10 - keV deuterium fusion plasma for 10 ns.

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Research Organization:: Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

Grant/Contract Number:: AC52-06NA25396

OSTI ID:: 1221407

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1198560

Report Number(s):: LA-UR-15-21646; PLEEE8

Journal Information:: Physical Review. E, Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics, Vol. 92, Issue 1; ISSN 1539-3755

Publisher:: American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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