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A 3D trajectory numerical simulation of the transport of energetic light ion beams in plasma targets

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 June 2005

MANUEL D. BARRIGA-CARRASCO  and
GILLES MAYNARD
MANUEL D. BARRIGA-CARRASCO
Affiliation:
Laboratoire de Physique des Gaz et des Plasmas, Université Paris XI, Orsay cedex, France
GILLES MAYNARD
Affiliation:
Laboratoire de Physique des Gaz et des Plasmas, Université Paris XI, Orsay cedex, France
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Abstract

We present in this paper a theoretical modeling and a numerical simulation devoted to the problem of transport and energy deposition profile of high current light ion beams interacting with dense matter. A numerical code, named MBC-ITFIP, is used to follow the trajectories of light atomic or molecular ions inside plasma targets with non-uniform density, temperature and composition profiles. MBC-ITFIP has been more specifically optimized for application of ion beams generated by the new high intensity laser sources, such as radiography and isochoric heating of dense plasmas.

Keywords

Fast ignition of inertial fusion targetsLaser-plasma source of ionsParticle beam interactions in plasmasProton radiography
Type
Research Article
Information
Laser and Particle Beams , Volume 23 , Issue 2 , June 2005 , pp. 211 - 217
Copyright
2005 Cambridge University Press

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