Prediction of net energy gain in deuterium-beam interactions with an inertially confined plasma.
Physical review letters 99:25 (2007) 255003
Abstract:
It is shown that deuteron beams incident on compressed, tritium-based plasma targets can undergo beam-fusion reactions at a rate greater than Coulomb scattering for a wide range of beam energies and target temperatures. As a result, energy gains of about 5 are possible. The analysis is carried out by treating the beam ions, target ions, and the electrons as separate fluids. Essential to the attainment of high gain is the inclusion of the contribution to the fusion yield from deuterons that gain scattered energy at the expense of directed energy. The results are confirmed by Monte Carlo simulations equivalent to a Fokker-Planck treatment.Derivation of the static structure factor in strongly coupled non-equilibrium plasmas for X-ray scattering studies
High Energy Density Physics Elsevier 3:1-2 (2007) 99-108
Heating of buried layer targets by 1ω and 2ω pulses using the HELEN CPA laser
High Energy Density Physics Elsevier 3:1-2 (2007) 115-119
Energy levels and transition probabilities for boron-like Fe XXII
Astronomy & Astrophysics EDP Sciences 455:3 (2006) 1157-1160
High energy density science with FELs, intense short pulse tunable X-ray sources
Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering 6261 I (2006)