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Intense light-ion beams provide a robust, common-driver path toward ignition, gain, and commercial fusion energy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2009

J.J. Ramirez ,
D.L. Cook ,
J.K. Rice ,
M.K. Matzen ,
D.L. Johnson ,
J.D. Boyes ,
C.L. Olson ,
K.R. Prestwich ,
M.J. Clauser  and
T.A. Mehlhorn
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J.J. Ramirez
Affiliation:
Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM 87185
D.L. Cook
Affiliation:
Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM 87185
J.K. Rice
Affiliation:
Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM 87185
M.K. Matzen
Affiliation:
Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM 87185
D.L. Johnson
Affiliation:
Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM 87185
J.D. Boyes
Affiliation:
Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM 87185
C.L. Olson
Affiliation:
Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM 87185
K.R. Prestwich
Affiliation:
Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM 87185
M.J. Clauser
Affiliation:
Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM 87185
T.A. Mehlhorn
Affiliation:
Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM 87185
R.W. Stinnett
Affiliation:
Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM 87185
G.O. Allshouse
Affiliation:
Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM 87185
G.L. Kulcinski
Affiliation:
University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706
G.A. Moses
Affiliation:
University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706
R.R. Peterson
Affiliation:
University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706
R.L. Engelstad
Affiliation:
University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706
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Abstract

Intense light-ion beams are being developed for investigations of inertial confinement fusion (ICF). This effort has concentrated on developing the Particle Beam Fusion Accelerator II (PBFA II) at Sandia as a driver for ICF target experiments, on design concepts for a high-yield, high-gain Laboratory Microfusion Facility (LMF), and on a comprehensive system study of a light-ion beam-driven commercial fusion reactor (LIBRA). This article reports on the status of design concepts and research in these areas.

Type
Research Article
Information
Laser and Particle Beams , Volume 11 , Issue 2 , June 1993 , pp. 423 - 430
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1993

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