Journal article
Fast heating scalable to laser fusion ignition.
- Abstract:
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Rapid heating of a compressed fusion fuel by a short-duration laser pulse is a promising route to generating energy by nuclear fusion, and has been demonstrated on an experimental scale using a novel fast-ignitor geometry. Here we describe a refinement of this system in which a much more powerful, pulsed petawatt (10(15) watts) laser creates a fast-heated core plasma that is scalable to full-scale ignition, significantly increasing the number of fusion events while still maintaining high heat...
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- Journal:
- Nature
- Volume:
- 418
- Issue:
- 6901
- Pages:
- 933-934
- Publication date:
- 2002-08-01
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1476-4687
- ISSN:
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0028-0836
- Source identifiers:
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353830
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- Language:
- English
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- Pubs id:
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pubs:353830
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- pubs:353830
- Deposit date:
- 2013-11-16
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- Copyright date:
- 2002
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