Open AccessTheoretical study on the nuclear fusion mechanism of deuterium clusters aroused by Coulomb explosions with femtosecond intense laser
Author(s) -
An Wei-Ke,
Qiu Xijun,
ZY Zhu
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
wuli xuebao
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.199
H-Index - 47
ISSN - 1000-3290
DOI - 10.7498/aps.53.2250
Subject(s) - deuterium , coulomb explosion , femtosecond , nuclear fusion , atomic physics , coulomb , ion , laser , coulomb barrier , fusion , cluster (spacecraft) , kinetic energy , physics , nuclear reaction , nuclear physics , materials science , electron , optics , ionization , quantum mechanics , linguistics , philosophy , programming language , computer science
Considering the Coulomb explosion induced by the interaction of a deuterium cluster target with an ultra-intensie femtosecond laser, the mechanism which generates energetic deuterium nuclei for the fusion has been analyzedThe formulas for expansions of deuterium ion clusters, which are driven by Coulomb explosion, are proposed; and hence the kinetic energies of deuterium nuclei and the expansion time of deuterium ion clusters have been estimated