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Free standing target technologies for inertial fusion energy: Target fabrication, characterization, and delivery

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 December 2005

E.R. KORESHEVA ,
I.E. OSIPOV  and
I.V. ALEKSANDROVA
E.R. KORESHEVA
Affiliation:
P. N. Lebedev Physical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
I.E. OSIPOV
Affiliation:
P. N. Lebedev Physical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
I.V. ALEKSANDROVA
Affiliation:
P. N. Lebedev Physical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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Abstract

Inertial fusion energy (IFE) research indicates that the energy generation by means of cryogenic fuel target compression requires that targets must be injected to the target chamber center at a rate of about 6 Hz. This requirement can be fulfilled only if the targets are free-standing. The most interesting results concerning the activity of the Lebedev Physical Institute in the area of free-standing targets (FST) fabrication, characterization and delivery are presented.

Keywords

Inertial FusionTargets
Type
Research Article
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Laser and Particle Beams , Volume 23 , Issue 4 , October 2005 , pp. 563 - 571
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© 2005 Cambridge University Press

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