Lee, Jacob G., Robinson, Alexander P L and Pasley, John Richard orcid.org/0000-0001-5832-8285 (2020) Ignition criteria for x-ray fast ignition inertial confinement fusion. Physics of Plasmas. 042711. ISSN 1089-7674
Abstract
The derivation of the ignition energy for fast ignition inertial confinement fusion is reviewed and one-dimensional simulations are used to produce a revised formula for the ignition energy of an isochoric central hot-spot, which accounts for variation in the radius of the hot-spot r_h as well as the density rho. The required energy may be as low as 1 kJ when rho*r_h ~ 0:36 g cm^-2; T ~ 20 keV, and rho greater or equal to 700 g cm^-2. Although there are many physical challenges to creating these conditions, a possible route to producing such a hot-spot is via a bright source of nonthermal soft x-rays. Further one-dimensional simulations are used to study the non-thermal soft x-ray heating of dense DT and it is found to offer the potential to significantly reduce hydrodynamic losses as compared to particle driven fast ignition due to the hotspot being heated supersonically in a layer-by-layer fashion. A sufficiently powerful soft x-ray source would be difficult to produce, but line emission from laser-produced-plasma is the most promising option.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | ©2020, AIP Publishing. This is an author-produced version of the published paper. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher’s self-archiving policy. Further copying may not be permitted; contact the publisher for details. |
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Institution: | The University of York |
Academic Units: | The University of York > Faculty of Sciences (York) > Physics (York) |
Depositing User: | Pure (York) |
Date Deposited: | 20 Apr 2020 13:00 |
Last Modified: | 29 Nov 2024 01:08 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0004112 |
Status: | Published |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1063/5.0004112 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:159645 |
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