System design of heavy ion fusion experiment

The concept of heavy ion fusion experiment has been intensively discussed for these years[1–2]. All designs of the ion driver system investigated so far, are based on the requirements for the beam qualities given by the theoretical and numerical analyses of the D-T pellet dynamics: the total energy of 1 MJ at a peak power of 100 TW in a shaped pulse with a repetition rate of 1 Hz and an energy deposition rate of 20 MJ/g of target material are needed[1–2]. The 3rd and the latest workshop on Heavy Ion Fusion held at Argonne in U.S.A. from 19 to 26 September 1978, concluded that the combination of conventional r.f. linacs and accumulator rings could meet these requirements with a cost of the construction of $ 400–500 M. For the accelerator and reactor sites, a large area of 3 × 3 km² is required.