Relativistic hole boring and fast ion ignition with ultra-intense laser pulses

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作者
Tikhonchuk, V. T. [1 ]
Schlegel, T. [2 ]
Naumova, N. [3 ]
Sokolov, I. V. [4 ]
Regan, C. [1 ]
Temporal, M. [5 ]
Feugeas, J-L [1 ]
Nicolai, Ph [1 ]
Ribeyre, X. [1 ]
Labaune, C. [6 ]
Mourou, G. [7 ]
机构
[1] Univ Bordeaux 1, Ctr Lasers Intenses & Applicat, Talence, France
[2] GSI Helmholtzzentrum Schwerionenforsch GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany
[3] Ecole Polytech, Lab Opt Appl, ENSTA, Palaiseau, France
[4] Univ Michigan, Space Phys Res Lab, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 USA
[5] Univ Politecn Madrid, ETSIA, Madrid, Spain
[6] Ecole Polytech, Lab Utilisat Laser Intenses, Palaiseau, France
[7] Ecole Polytech, CNRS, ENSTA, Inst Lumiere Extreme, Palaiseau, France
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10.1088/1742-6596/244/2/022069
中图分类号
O35 [流体力学]; O53 [等离子体物理学];
学科分类号
070204 ; 080103 ; 080704 ;
摘要
An analytical model and numerical simulations demonstrate that pulses with intensities exceeding 10(22) W/cm(2) may penetrate deeply into the plasma and accelerate efficiently ions in the forward direction. We propose a new scheme for fast ignition of precompressed DT fusion targets by using two laser pulses. The first pulse (or a sequence of several pulses) creates a channel with diameter similar to 30 mu m through the plasma corona up to the fuel density similar to 1 g/cm(3). The second pulse with a higher intensity accelerates the deuterium and tritium ions at the head of this channel. The overall ignition energy is similar to 100 kJ.
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