Prospects For Magnetic Indirect Drive Inertial Confinement Fusion

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Abstract

Experimental, theoretical, simulation, and technological advances over the past 20 years are motivating a reassessment of the Magnetic Indirect Drive (MID) approach to Inertial Confinement Fusion. We outline the main physics concerns of the MID approach. These include symmetry control, minimum case-to-capsule ratio, radiation coupling into the hohlraum, and pulse-shaping of the radiation drive. A discussion of possible experiments and simulation studies is presented.

*Work performed by Los Alamos National Laboratory under con- tract 89233218CNA000001 for the National Nuclear Security Administration of the U.S. Department of Energy.

Authors

  • Steven Batha

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory

  • S.M. Finnegan

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory
    • Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, USA

  • Kevin Yates

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory

  • R. E. Olson

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory
    • LANL

  • Ramon Leeper

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory

  • G. A. Rochau

    • Snadia National Laboratories
    • Sandia National Laboratory
    • Sandia National Laboratories

  • Daniel Sinars

    • Sandia National Laboratories
    • Snadia National Laboratories