Electron transport and shock ignition
Inertial fusion energy (IFE) offers one possible route to commercial energy generation. In the proposed 'shock ignition' route to fusion, the target is compressed at a relatively low temperature and then ignited using high intensity laser irradiation which drives a strong converging shock...
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| author | Bell, A Tzoufras, M |
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| description | Inertial fusion energy (IFE) offers one possible route to commercial energy generation. In the proposed 'shock ignition' route to fusion, the target is compressed at a relatively low temperature and then ignited using high intensity laser irradiation which drives a strong converging shock into the centre of the fuel. With a series of idealized calculations we analyse the electron transport of energy into the target, which produces the pressure responsible for driving the shock. We show that transport in shock ignition lies near the boundary between ablative and heat front regimes. Moreover, simulations indicate that non-local effects are significant in the heat front regime and might lead to increased efficiency by driving the shock more effectively and reducing heat losses to the plasma corona. © 2011 IOP Publishing Ltd. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:3ce6bea3-e696-4318-9a40-16462a9a9a692022-03-26T14:16:16ZElectron transport and shock ignitionJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:3ce6bea3-e696-4318-9a40-16462a9a9a69EnglishSymplectic Elements at Oxford2011Bell, ATzoufras, MInertial fusion energy (IFE) offers one possible route to commercial energy generation. In the proposed 'shock ignition' route to fusion, the target is compressed at a relatively low temperature and then ignited using high intensity laser irradiation which drives a strong converging shock into the centre of the fuel. With a series of idealized calculations we analyse the electron transport of energy into the target, which produces the pressure responsible for driving the shock. We show that transport in shock ignition lies near the boundary between ablative and heat front regimes. Moreover, simulations indicate that non-local effects are significant in the heat front regime and might lead to increased efficiency by driving the shock more effectively and reducing heat losses to the plasma corona. © 2011 IOP Publishing Ltd. |
| spellingShingle | Bell, A Tzoufras, M Electron transport and shock ignition |
| title | Electron transport and shock ignition |
| title_full | Electron transport and shock ignition |
| title_fullStr | Electron transport and shock ignition |
| title_full_unstemmed | Electron transport and shock ignition |
| title_short | Electron transport and shock ignition |
| title_sort | electron transport and shock ignition |
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