Efficiency of thermonuclear burning in laser targets with spark ignition

Alexander A. Andreev; Dmitrij V. Il'in; Aleksey A. Levkovskii; Vladimir E. Sherman; Oleg B. Vygovskii

doi:10.1117/12.334813

30 December 1998 Efficiency of thermonuclear burning in laser targets with spark ignition

Alexander A. Andreev, Dmitrij V. Il'in, Aleksey A. Levkovskii, Vladimir E. Sherman, Oleg B. Vygovskii

Proceedings Volume 3683, Laser Optics '98: Superstrong Laser Fields and Applications; (1998) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.334813
Event: Laser Optics '98, 1998, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation

Abstract

Numerical simulation of thermonuclear flash with isobaric ignitor for laser spherical targets with different dimensions and temperatures are performed and the target energy gain as a function of ignitor parameters is obtained. As a result the requirements for ignitor parameters are elaborated under which the spark ignition provides an essential increase in the gain as compared with volume ignition. Calculations are carried out with the use of TERA code based upon self-consistent solution for system of kinetic equations for thermonuclear particles and radiation, obtained by the Monte Carlo method, and of hydrodynamic equations.

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Alexander A. Andreev, Dmitrij V. Il'in, Aleksey A. Levkovskii, Vladimir E. Sherman, and Oleg B. Vygovskii "Efficiency of thermonuclear burning in laser targets with spark ignition", Proc. SPIE 3683, Laser Optics '98: Superstrong Laser Fields and Applications, (30 December 1998); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.334813

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