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
Link To Document :
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