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Laser-induced fusion detonation wave

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 April 2016

S. Eliezer ,
A. Ravid ,
Z. Henis ,
N. Nissim  and
J.M. Martinez Val
S. Eliezer
Affiliation:
Nuclear Fusion Institute, Polytechnic University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain Applied Physics Division, Soreq NRC, Yavne, Israel
A. Ravid
Affiliation:
Applied Physics Division, Soreq NRC, Yavne, Israel
Z. Henis
Affiliation:
Applied Physics Division, Soreq NRC, Yavne, Israel Racah Institute of Physics, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel
N. Nissim*
Affiliation:
Applied Physics Division, Soreq NRC, Yavne, Israel
J.M. Martinez Val
Affiliation:
Nuclear Fusion Institute, Polytechnic University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain
*
Address correspondence and reprint requests to: N. Nissim, Applied Physics Division, Soreq NRC, Yavne, Israel. E-mail: noaznissim@gmail.com
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Abstract

Development of a detonation wave due to α heating following short pulse laser irradiation in pre-compressed deuterium–tritium (DT) plasma is considered. The laser parameters required for development of a detonation wave are calculated. We find that a laser irradiance and energy of IL = 1.75 × 1023 W/cm2 and 12.8 kJ accordingly during 1.0 ps in a pre-compressed target at 900 g/cm3 creates an α heating fusion detonation wave. In this case, the nuclear fusion ignition conditions for the pre-compressed DT plasma are achieved along the detonation wave orbit.

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DetonationFast ignitionFusionHigh-power laser

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Laser and Particle Beams , Volume 34 , Issue 2 , June 2016 , pp. 343 - 351
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2016 

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