Fusion Yield Enhancement in Magnetized Laser-Driven Implosions | Zendy

P.-Y. Chang | Zendy; G. Fiksel | Zendy; M. Hohenberger | Zendy; J. P. Knauer | Zendy; R. Betti | Zendy; F. J. Marshall | Zendy; D. D. Meyerhofer | Zendy; F. H. Séguin | Zendy; R. D. Petrasso | Zendy

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Fusion Yield Enhancement in Magnetized Laser-Driven Implosions

Author(s) -

P.-Y. Chang,

G. Fiksel,

M. Hohenberger,

J. P. Knauer,

R. Betti,

F. J. Marshall,

D. D. Meyerhofer,

F. H. Séguin,

R. D. Petrasso

Publication year - 2011

Publication title -

physical review letters

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.688

H-Index - 673

eISSN - 1079-7114

pISSN - 0031-9007

DOI - 10.1103/physrevlett.107.035006

Subject(s) - inertial confinement fusion , materials science , laser , yield (engineering) , plasma , ion , atomic physics , magnetic field , fusion power , implosion , fusion , neutron , magnetic confinement fusion , physics , optics , nuclear physics , tokamak , linguistics , philosophy , quantum mechanics , metallurgy

Enhancement of the ion temperature and fusion yield has been observed in magnetized laser-driven inertial confinement fusion implosions on the OMEGA Laser Facility. A spherical CH target with a 10 atm D[subscript 2] gas fill was imploded in a polar-drive configuration. A magnetic field of 80 kG was embedded in the target and was subsequently trapped and compressed by the imploding conductive plasma. As a result of the hot-spot magnetization, the electron radial heat losses were suppressed and the observed ion temperature and neutron yield were enhanced by 15% and 30%, respectively.United States. Dept. of Energy (Cooperative Agreement No. DE-FC02-04ER54789)United States. Dept. of Energy (Cooperative Agreement No. DE-FC03-92SF19460

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