Recent US advances in ion-beam-driven high energy density physics and heavy ion fusion

B. G. Logan, F. M. Bieniosek, C. M. Celata, J. Coleman, W. Greenway, E. Henestroza, J. W. Kwan, E. P. Lee, M. Leitner, P. K. Roy, P. A. Seidl, J. L. Vay, W. L. Waldron, S. S. Yu, J. J. Barnard, R. H. Cohen, A. Friedman, D. P. Grote, M. Kireeff Covo, A. W. MolvikS. M. Lund, W. R. Meier, W. Sharp, R. C. Davidson, P. C. Efthimion, E. P. Gilson, L. Grisham, I. D. Kaganovich, H. Qin, A. B. Sefkow, E. A. Startsev, D. Welch, C. Olson

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Abstract

During the past two years, significant experimental and theoretical progress has been made in the US heavy ion fusion science program in longitudinal beam compression, ion-beam-driven warm dense matter, beam acceleration, high brightness beam transport, and advanced theory and numerical simulations. Innovations in longitudinal compression of intense ion beams by > 50 X propagating through background plasma enable initial beam target experiments in warm dense matter to begin within the next two years. We are assessing how these new techniques might apply to heavy ion fusion drivers for inertial fusion energy.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)1-7
Number of pages7
JournalNuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Volume577
Issue number1-2
DOIs
StatePublished - Jul 1 2007

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Nuclear and High Energy Physics
  • Instrumentation

Keywords

  • Beam compression
  • Heavy ion beams
  • Inertial fusion
  • Neutralized plasma

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