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Inertial confinement fusion fast ignition with ultra-relativistic electron beams

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 December 2010

C. Deutsch  and
J.-P. Didelez
C. Deutsch*
Affiliation:
LPGP Universsité Paris-Sud(UMR-CNRS 8578), Orsay, France
J.-P. Didelez
Affiliation:
IPN, Université Paris-Sud(UMR-CNRS 8608), Orsay, France
*
Address correspondence and reprint requests to: C. Deutsch, LPGP Universsité Paris-Sud(UMR-CNRS 8578), Bât. 210, F-91405 Orsay, France. E-mail: [email protected]
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Abstract

Inertial confinement fusion fast ignition at very high relativistic electron beam energy is systematically explored through a possible combination of various stopping mechanisms including strong Langmuir turbulence, elastic, and inelastic electron interactions with target particles. A specific attention is given to final state interaction through catalysis by negative pion.

Keywords

ICF fast ignitionPion catalysisRelativistic electron beamsVery high energy
Type
Research Article
Information
Laser and Particle Beams , Volume 29 , Issue 1 , March 2011 , pp. 39 - 44
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2010

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