• DocumentCode
    2435801
  • Title

    Study of channeling in thermonuclear plasmas by laser in the inertial confinement fusion

  • Author

    Blázquez, José F Miramar

  • Author_Institution
    Univ. de Zaragoza, Zaragoza
  • fYear
    2008
  • fDate
    15-19 June 2008
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    1
  • Abstract
    The process of laser propagation in thermonuclear plasma, corresponding to implosion of Deuterium-Tritium pellets in Inertial Confinement Fusion, by injecting energy provided by high power laser devices into a quiescent plasma, has developed a great interest because in it are generated solitons. These solitons, sometimes called cavitons, that have been generated near critical layer were w0 = wp , being wp the laser frequency and w0 the plasma frequency, exhibits a change in electronic density that is caused by ponderomotive force of laser radiation, that is a function of gradient of square modulus of electric field. The phenomenon known as electron cavitation is a consequence of depression of electronic density, near critical layer that originates the formation of a channel free of electrons. It is needed a high electric field that expels the electrons from the central region of plasma due to ponderomotive force. There are two forms two forms of producing X-ray radiation: acceleration of electrons by laser and production of inner holes. The channel formation origins that the X-rays can propagate as they were into a waveguide, with minimum losses and maintaining the coherence. We calculate the value of ponderomotive force in the case that electric field corresponds to a soliton generated in a thermonuclear plasma, near critical layer, and comparate it with the value obtained of charge-separation force of electrons. We study, also, the channel formation by laser in plasma and the characteristics of waveguide that has been formed.
  • Keywords
    cavitation; channelling; laser fusion; plasma X-ray sources; plasma density; plasma electromagnetic wave propagation; plasma solitons; ICF; X-ray radiation production; channeling; charge separation force; deuterium-tritium pellet implosion; electron acceleration; electron cavitation; electron free channel formation; electronic density depression; high power laser devices; inertial confinement fusion; inner hole production; laser frequency; plasma cavitons; plasma frequency; plasma soliton generation; ponderomotive force; quiescent plasma; thermonuclear plasma laser propagation; Electrons; Fusion power generation; Inertial confinement; Laser fusion; Optical propagation; Plasma confinement; Plasma devices; Plasma waves; Power lasers; Solitons;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Plasma Science, 2008. ICOPS 2008. IEEE 35th International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Karlsruhe
  • ISSN
    0730-9244
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-1929-6
  • Electronic_ISBN
    0730-9244
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/PLASMA.2008.4590693
  • Filename
    4590693