Fast ignition by quasimonoenergetic ion beams

Honrubia, J. J.; Enríquez, César Daniel; Fernández, Juan; Hegelich, B. M.

doi:10.1051/epjconf/20135903013

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“…Just as with protons, geometrical variations in the FI particle-beam injection may lead to designs with better performance or lower ignition thresholds. For example, a new design has been calculated [108] leading to a reduction in the minimum E ig required. The irradiation scheme is shown in figure 14.…”

Section: Fi Design With C Ions From a Standoff Foil Targetmentioning

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Fast ignition with laser-driven proton and ion beams

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Fusion fast ignition (FI) initiated by a laser-driven particle beam promises a path to high-yield and high-gain for inertial fusion energy. FI can readily leverage the proven capability of inertial confinement fusion (ICF) drivers, such as the National Ignition Facility, to assemble DT fusion fuel at the relevant high densities. FI provides a truly alternate route to ignition, independent of the difficulties with achieving the ignition hot spot in conventional ICF. FI by laser-driven ion beams provides attractive alternatives that sidestep the present difficulties with laser-driven electron-beam FI, while leveraging the extensive recent progress in generating ion beams with high-power density on existing laser facilities. Whichever the ion species, the ignition requirements are similar: delivering a power density ≈1022 W cm−3 (∼10 kJ in ≈20 ps within a volume of linear dimension ≈20 µm), to the DT fuel compressed to ∼400 g cm−3 with areal density ∼2 g cm−2. High-current, laser-driven beams of many ion species are promising candidates to deliver such high-power densities. The reason is that high energy, high-power laser drivers can deliver high-power fluxes that can efficiently make ion beams that are born neutralized in ∼fs–ps timescales, making them immune to the charge and current limits of conventional beams. In summary, we find that there are many possible paths to success with FI based on laser-driven ion beams. Although many ion species could be used for ignition, we concentrate here on either protons or C ions, which are technologically convenient species. We review the work to date on FI design studies with those species. We also review the tremendous recent progress in discovering, characterizing and developing many ion-acceleration mechanisms relevant to FI. We also summarize key recent technological advances and methods underwriting that progress. Based on the design studies and on the increased understanding of the physics of laser-driven ion acceleration, we provide laser and ion-generation laser-target design points based on several distinct ion-acceleration mechanisms.

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Fast ignition driven by quasi-monoenergetic ions: Optimal ion type and reduction of ignition energies with an ion beam array

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Fast ignition of inertial fusion targets driven by quasi-monoenergetic ion beams is investigated by means of numerical simulations. Light and intermediate ions such as lithium, carbon, aluminum and vanadium have been considered. Simulations show that the minimum ignition energies of an ideal configuration of compressed Deuterium-Tritium are almost independent on the ion atomic number. However, they are obtained for increasing ion energies, which scale, approximately, as Z 2 , where Z is the ion atomic number. Assuming that the ion beam can be focused into 10 µm spots, a new irradiation scheme is proposed to reduce the ignition energies. The combination of intermediate Z ions, such as 5.5 GeV vanadium, and the new irradiation scheme allows a reduction of the number of ions required for ignition by, roughly, three orders of magnitude when compared with the standard proton fast ignition scheme.

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Fast ignition by quasimonoenergetic ion beams

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Fast ignition with laser-driven proton and ion beams

Fast ignition with laser-driven proton and ion beams

Fast ignition driven by quasi-monoenergetic ions: Optimal ion type and reduction of ignition energies with an ion beam array

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