Fast ignition of fusion targets by laser-driven electrons

Details Fast ignition of fusion targets by laser-driven electrons Fast ignition of fusion targets by laser-driven electrons

2008-11-11

arxiv.org/abs/0811.1760v1

Physics

Plasma Physics

15 pages, 9 figures. accepted for publication in Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion

Scientific paper

10.1088/0741-3335/51/1/014008

We present hybrid PIC simulations of fast electron transport and energy deposition in pre-compressed fusion targets, taking full account of collective magnetic effects and the hydrodynamic response of the background plasma. Results on actual ignition of an imploded fast ignition configuration are shown accounting for the increased beam divergence found in recent experiments [J.S. Green et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 015003 (2008)] and the reduction of the electron kinetic energy due to profile steepening predicted by advanced PIC simulations [B. Chrisman et al. Phys. Plasmas 15, 056309 (2008)]. Target ignition is studied as a function of injected electron energy, distance of cone-tip to dense core, initial divergence and kinetic energy of the relativistic electron beam. We found that beam collimation reduces substantially the ignition energies of the cone-guided fuel configuration assumed here.

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