Proton Beam Source Suitable for Fast Ignition Targets

Richard Burnite Stephens; M. P.  Mauldin; Kramer Akli; P Gu; D. Hey; James King; N Patel; B Zhang; Farhat Beg; Sophia Chen; John Richard Pasley; Mingsheng Wei; D. Clark; Richard R. Freeman; K. Highbarger; J Hill; K Krauter; Linn Van Woerkom; R Weber; James Green; K. Lancaster; C. Murphy; Peter Norreys; G. Gregori; Steve Hatchett

Proton Beam Source Suitable for Fast Ignition Targets

Richard Burnite Stephens, M. P. Mauldin, Kramer Akli, P Gu, D. Hey, James King, N Patel, B Zhang, Farhat Beg, Sophia Chen, John Richard Pasley, Mingsheng Wei, D. Clark, Richard R. Freeman, K. Highbarger, J Hill, K Krauter, Linn Van Woerkom, R Weber, James GreenK. Lancaster, C. Murphy, Peter Norreys, G. Gregori, Steve Hatchett

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Abstract

A focused proton beam, which has potential to ignite fast ignition targets, is generated from a sharply defined metal-vacuum interface facing the compressed fuel kernel. Since it must be quite close (100s of μm) to that kernel to limit time spread of the proton beam, this surface must be protected from the shell implosion by a reentrant cone. The walls of that cone modify the proton beam by limiting the accelerating area and, potentially, refocusing the protons, particularly the low energy component. We have examined the effect of such walls using a test setup and will report on the results.

Original language	English
Number of pages	1
Publication status	Published - Oct 2006
Event	American Physical Society, 48th Annual Meeting of the Division of Plasma Physics - Philadelphia Marriott Downtown Hotel, Philadelphia, United States Duration: 30 Oct 2006 → 3 Nov 2006 Conference number: 48 https://www.aps.org/units/dpp/meetings/meeting.cfm?name=DPP06

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Conference	American Physical Society, 48th Annual Meeting of the Division of Plasma Physics
Abbreviated title	APS-DPP
Country/Territory	United States
City	Philadelphia
Period	30/10/06 → 3/11/06
Internet address	https://www.aps.org/units/dpp/meetings/meeting.cfm?name=DPP06

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Stephens, R. B., Mauldin, M. P., Akli, K., Gu, P., Hey, D., King, J., Patel, N., Zhang, B., Beg, F., Chen, S., Pasley, J. R., Wei, M., Clark, D., Freeman, R. R., Highbarger, K., Hill, J., Krauter, K., Van Woerkom, L., Weber, R., ... Hatchett, S. (2006). Proton Beam Source Suitable for Fast Ignition Targets. Abstract from American Physical Society, 48th Annual Meeting of the Division of Plasma Physics, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Proton Beam Source Suitable for Fast Ignition Targets

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