TY - JOUR
T1 - Prospects for high gain inertial fusion energy
T2 - an introduction to the second edition
AU - Norreys, Peter A.
AU - Ridgers, Christopher
AU - Lancaster, Kate
AU - Koepke, Mark
AU - Tynan, George
PY - 2021/1/25
Y1 - 2021/1/25
N2 - Part II of this special edition contains the remaining 11 papers arising from a Hooke discussion meeting held in March 2020 devoted to exploring the current status of inertial confinement fusion research worldwide and its application to electrical power generation in the future, via the development of an international inertial fusion energy programme. It builds upon increased coordination within Europe over the past decade by researchers supported by the EUROFusion Enabling Research grants, as well as collaborations that have arisen naturally with some of America's and Asia's leading researchers, both in the universities and national laboratories. The articles are devoted to informing an update to the European roadmap for an inertial fusion energy demonstration reactor, building upon the commonalities between the magnetic and inertial fusion communities' approaches to fusion energy. A number of studies devoted to understanding the physics barriers to ignition on current facilities are then presented. The special issue concludes with four state-of-the-art articles describing recent significant advances in fast ignition inertial fusion research. This article is part of a discussion meeting issue 'Prospects for high gain inertial fusion energy (part 2)'.
AB - Part II of this special edition contains the remaining 11 papers arising from a Hooke discussion meeting held in March 2020 devoted to exploring the current status of inertial confinement fusion research worldwide and its application to electrical power generation in the future, via the development of an international inertial fusion energy programme. It builds upon increased coordination within Europe over the past decade by researchers supported by the EUROFusion Enabling Research grants, as well as collaborations that have arisen naturally with some of America's and Asia's leading researchers, both in the universities and national laboratories. The articles are devoted to informing an update to the European roadmap for an inertial fusion energy demonstration reactor, building upon the commonalities between the magnetic and inertial fusion communities' approaches to fusion energy. A number of studies devoted to understanding the physics barriers to ignition on current facilities are then presented. The special issue concludes with four state-of-the-art articles describing recent significant advances in fast ignition inertial fusion research. This article is part of a discussion meeting issue 'Prospects for high gain inertial fusion energy (part 2)'.
KW - fast ignition
KW - high energy density physics
KW - inertial confinement fusion
KW - inertial fusion energy
KW - laser-plasma interactions
KW - plasma physics
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85097278046&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1098/rsta.2020.0028
DO - 10.1098/rsta.2020.0028
M3 - Article
C2 - 33280563
AN - SCOPUS:85097278046
SN - 1364-503X
VL - 379
JO - Philosophical transactions. Series A, Mathematical, physical, and engineering sciences
JF - Philosophical transactions. Series A, Mathematical, physical, and engineering sciences
IS - 2189
M1 - 20200028
ER -