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Fusion energy from plasma block ignition

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 December 2005

H. HORA,
J. BADZIAK,
S. GLOWACZ,
S. JABLONSKI,
Z. SKLADANOWSKI,
F. OSMAN,
YU CANG,
JIE ZHANG,
G.H. MILEY and
HANSHENG PENG
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H. HORA
Affiliation:
Department of Theoretical Physics, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
J. BADZIAK
Affiliation:
Institute of Plasma Physics and laser Microfusion, Warsaw, Poland
S. GLOWACZ
Affiliation:
Institute of Plasma Physics and laser Microfusion, Warsaw, PolandSchool of Quantitative 0ethods and Mathematical Sciences, University of Western Sydney, Penrith, Australia
S. JABLONSKI
Affiliation:
Institute of Plasma Physics and laser Microfusion, Warsaw, PolandSchool of Quantitative 0ethods and Mathematical Sciences, University of Western Sydney, Penrith, Australia
Z. SKLADANOWSKI
Affiliation:
Institute of Plasma Physics and laser Microfusion, Warsaw, Poland
F. OSMAN
Affiliation:
School of Quantitative 0ethods and Mathematical Sciences, University of Western Sydney, Penrith, Australia
YU CANG
Affiliation:
School of Quantitative 0ethods and Mathematical Sciences, University of Western Sydney, Penrith, AustraliaInstitute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
JIE ZHANG
Affiliation:
Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
G.H. MILEY
Affiliation:
Fusion Studies laboratory, University of Illinois, Urbana Illinois
HANSHENG PENG
Affiliation:
China Academy of Engineering Physics, Mianyang, China
XIANTU HE
Affiliation:
Institute of Applied Physics and Computation Mathematics, Beijing, China
WEIYAN ZHANG
Affiliation:
China Academy of Engineering Physics, Mianyang, China
K. ROHLENA
Affiliation:
Insitute of Physics, Academy of Science, Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic
J. ULLSCHMIED
Affiliation:
Insitute of Physics, Academy of Science, Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic
K. JUNGWIRTH
Affiliation:
Insitute of Physics, Academy of Science, Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic
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Abstract

Generation of high speed dense plasma blocks is well known from hydrodynamic theory and computations (PIC) with experimental confirmation by Badziak et al. (2005) since ps laser pulses with power above TW are available. These blocks may be used for fusion flame generation (thermonuclear propagation) in uncompressed solid state deuterium and tritium for very high gain uncomplicated operation in power stations. Hydrodynamic theory from computations from the end of 1970s to recent, genuine two fluid computations support the skin layer accelerations (SLA), by nonlinear (ponderomotive) forces as measured now in details under the uniquely selected conditions to suppress relativistic self-focusing by high contrast ratio and to keep plane geometry interaction. It is shown how the now available PW-ps laser pulses may provide the very extreme conditions for generating the fusion flames in solid state density DT.

Keywords

Fusion energyLaser fusionNonlinear forcePlasma block ignitionPonderomotionSkin layer acceleration

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Workshop on Fast High Density Plasma Blocks Driven By Picosecond Terawatt Lasers
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Laser and Particle Beams , Volume 23 , Issue 4 , October 2005, pp. 423 - 432
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© 2005 Cambridge University Press

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