Indirect-drive inertial confinement fusion using highly supersonic, radiatively cooled, plasma slugs

J.P. Chittenden; M. Dunne; Matthew Zepf; S.V. Lebedev; A. Ciardi; S.N. Bland

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.88.235001

Indirect-drive inertial confinement fusion using highly supersonic, radiatively cooled, plasma slugs

J.P. Chittenden, M. Dunne, Matthew Zepf, S.V. Lebedev, A. Ciardi, S.N. Bland

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We present a new approach to indirect-drive inertial confinement fusion which makes use of highly supersonic, radiatively cooled, slugs of plasma to energize a hohlraum. 2D resistive magnetohydrodynamic simulations of slug formation in shaped liner Z -pinch implosions are presented along with 2D-radiation-hydrodynamic simulations of the slug impacting a converter foil and 3D-view-factor simulations of a double-ended hohlraum. Results for the Z facility at Sandia National Laboratory indicate that two synchronous slugs of 250 kJ kinetic energy could be produced, resulting in a capsule surface temperature of similar to225 eV .

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	2350011-2350014
Number of pages	4
Journal	Physical Review Letters
Volume	88
Issue number	23
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.88.235001
Publication status	Published - 10 Jun 2002

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