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Kitagawa Y, Mori Y, Komeda O, Ishii K, Hanayama R, Fujita K, Okihara S, Sekine T, Satoh N, Kurita T, Takagi M, Watari T, Kawashima T, Kan H, Nishimura Y, Sunahara A, Sentoku Y, Nakamura N, Kondo T, Fujine M, Azuma H, Motohiro T, Hioki T, Kakeno M, Miura E, Arikawa Y, Nagai T, Abe Y, Ozaki S, Noda A. Direct heating of a laser-imploded core by ultraintense laser-driven ions. Phys Rev Lett 2015; 114:195002. [PMID: 26024175 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.114.195002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2013] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
Abstract
A novel direct core heating fusion process is introduced, in which a preimploded core is predominantly heated by energetic ions driven by LFEX, an extremely energetic ultrashort pulse laser. Consequently, we have observed the D(d,n)^{3}He-reacted neutrons (DD beam-fusion neutrons) with the yield of 5×10^{8} n/4π sr. Examination of the beam-fusion neutrons verified that the ions directly collide with the core plasma. While the hot electrons heat the whole core volume, the energetic ions deposit their energies locally in the core, forming hot spots for fuel ignition. As evidenced in the spectrum, the process simultaneously excited thermal neutrons with the yield of 6×10^{7} n/4π sr, raising the local core temperature from 0.8 to 1.8 keV. A one-dimensional hydrocode STAR 1D explains the shell implosion dynamics including the beam fusion and thermal fusion initiated by fast deuterons and carbon ions. A two-dimensional collisional particle-in-cell code predicts the core heating due to resistive processes driven by hot electrons, and also the generation of fast ions, which could be an additional heating source when they reach the core. Since the core density is limited to 2 g/cm^{3} in the current experiment, neither hot electrons nor fast ions can efficiently deposit their energy and the neutron yield remains low. In future work, we will achieve the higher core density (>10 g/cm^{3}); then hot electrons could contribute more to the core heating via drag heating. Together with hot electrons, the ion contribution to fast ignition is indispensable for realizing high-gain fusion. By virtue of its core heating and ignition, the proposed scheme can potentially achieve high gain fusion.
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- Y Kitagawa
- The Graduate School for the Creation of New Photonics Industries, Kurematsucho, 1955-1 Nishi-ku, Hamamatsu 431-1202 Japan
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- The Graduate School for the Creation of New Photonics Industries, Kurematsucho, 1955-1 Nishi-ku, Hamamatsu 431-1202 Japan
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- The Graduate School for the Creation of New Photonics Industries, Kurematsucho, 1955-1 Nishi-ku, Hamamatsu 431-1202 Japan
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- The Graduate School for the Creation of New Photonics Industries, Kurematsucho, 1955-1 Nishi-ku, Hamamatsu 431-1202 Japan
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- The Graduate School for the Creation of New Photonics Industries, Kurematsucho, 1955-1 Nishi-ku, Hamamatsu 431-1202 Japan
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- The Graduate School for the Creation of New Photonics Industries, Kurematsucho, 1955-1 Nishi-ku, Hamamatsu 431-1202 Japan
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- The Graduate School for the Creation of New Photonics Industries, Kurematsucho, 1955-1 Nishi-ku, Hamamatsu 431-1202 Japan
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- Hamamatsu Photonics, K. K. Kurematsucho, 1820 Nishi-ku, Hamamatsu 431-1202, Japan
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- Hamamatsu Photonics, K. K. Kurematsucho, 1820 Nishi-ku, Hamamatsu 431-1202, Japan
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- Hamamatsu Photonics, K. K. Kurematsucho, 1820 Nishi-ku, Hamamatsu 431-1202, Japan
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- Hamamatsu Photonics, K. K. Kurematsucho, 1820 Nishi-ku, Hamamatsu 431-1202, Japan
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- Hamamatsu Photonics, K. K. Kurematsucho, 1820 Nishi-ku, Hamamatsu 431-1202, Japan
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- Hamamatsu Photonics, K. K. Kurematsucho, 1820 Nishi-ku, Hamamatsu 431-1202, Japan
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- Hamamatsu Photonics, K. K. Kurematsucho, 1820 Nishi-ku, Hamamatsu 431-1202, Japan
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- Toyota Technical Development Corp., 1-21 Imae, Hanamoto-cho, Toyota, Aichi 470-0334, Japan
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- Institute for Laser Technology, 1-8-4 Utsubo-honmachi, Nishi-ku, Osaka 550-0004, Japan
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- Department of Physics, University of Nevada, Reno 1664 N Virginia Street, Reno, Nevada 89557, USA
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- Advanced Material Engineering Division, TOYOTA Motor Corporation, 1200, Mishuku, Susono, Shizuoka 410-1193, Japan
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- Advanced Material Engineering Division, TOYOTA Motor Corporation, 1200, Mishuku, Susono, Shizuoka 410-1193, Japan
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- Advanced Material Engineering Division, TOYOTA Motor Corporation, 1200, Mishuku, Susono, Shizuoka 410-1193, Japan
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- TOYOTA Central Research and Development Laboratories, Inc., 41-1 Yokomichi, Nagakute-cho, Aichi, Japan
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- TOYOTA Central Research and Development Laboratories, Inc., 41-1 Yokomichi, Nagakute-cho, Aichi, Japan
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- TOYOTA Central Research and Development Laboratories, Inc., 41-1 Yokomichi, Nagakute-cho, Aichi, Japan
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- TOYOTA Central Research and Development Laboratories, Inc., 41-1 Yokomichi, Nagakute-cho, Aichi, Japan
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- National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, 1-1-1 Umezono, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8568, Japan
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- Institute of laser Engineering, Osaka University, 2-6 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565, Japan
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- Institute of laser Engineering, Osaka University, 2-6 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565, Japan
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- Institute of laser Engineering, Osaka University, 2-6 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565, Japan
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- National Institute for Fusion Science, 322-6 Oroshi Toki, Gifu 509-5292, Japan
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- Advanced Research Center for Beam Science, Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University, Gokasho, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan
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Kitagawa Y, Mori Y, Komeda O, Ishii K, Hanayama R, Fujita K, Okihara S, Sekine T, Satoh N, Kurita T, Takagi M, Kawashima T, Kan H, Nakamura N, Kondo T, Fujine M, Azuma H, Motohiro T, Hioki T, Nishimura Y, Sunahara A, Sentoku Y. Fusion using fast heating of a compactly imploded CD core. Phys Rev Lett 2012; 108:155001. [PMID: 22587260 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.108.155001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2011] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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A compact fast core heating experiment is described. A 4-J 0.4-ns output of a laser-diode-pumped high-repetition laser HAMA is divided into four beams, two of which counterilluminate double-deuterated polystyrene foils separated by 100 μm for implosion. The remaining two beams, compressed to 110 fs for fast heating, illuminate the same paths. Hot electrons produced by the heating pulses heat the imploded core, emitting x-ray radiations >20 eV and yielding some 10(3) thermal neutrons.
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- Y Kitagawa
- The Graduate School for the Creation of New Photonics Industries, Kurematsuchou, 1955-1 Nishi-ku, Hamamatsu 431-1202 Japan.
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Okihara S, Esirkepov TZ, Nagai K, Shimizu S, Sato F, Hashida M, Iida T, Nishihara K, Norimatsu T, Izawa Y, Sakabe S. Ion generation in a low-density plastic foam by interaction with intense femtosecond laser pulses. Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys 2004; 69:026401. [PMID: 14995560 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.69.026401] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2003] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Energetic proton generation in low-density plastic (C5H10) foam by intense femtosecond laser pulse irradiation has been studied experimentally and numerically. Plastic foam was successfully produced by a sol-gel method, achieving an average density of 10 mg/cm(3). The foam target was irradiated by 100 fs pulses of a laser intensity 1 x 10(18) W/cm(2). A plateau structure extending up to 200 keV was observed in the energy distribution of protons generated from the foam target, with the plateau shape well explained by Coulomb explosion of lamella in the foam. The laser-foam interaction and ion generation were studied qualitatively by two-dimensional particle-in-cell simulations, which indicated that energetic protons are mainly generated by the Coulomb explosion. From the results, the efficiency of energetic ion generation in a low-density foam target by Coulomb explosion is expected to be higher than in a gas-cluster target.
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- S Okihara
- Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, 2-1 Yamada-oka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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