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Hohlraum Targets Driven by Cluster Ion Beams for Inertial Confinement Fusion

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Correlated ion stopping of charged debris resulting from the fragmentation of energetic cluster ions focussed on Au foam converters is considered for driving indirectly a thermonuclear capsule. The 1D simulation of converter time evolution demonstrates a very high conversion efficiency of projectile energy into hard X-ray photons building up a very hot (Tr > 300 eV) thermal bath. Intense and energetic cluster ion beams thus demonstrate considerable potential as a novel driver for inertial confinement fusion.

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  1. Laboratoire de Physique des Gaz et Plasmas, Université Paris IX, Bât. 212, 91405, Orsay, France

    C. Deutsch & N.A. Tahir

  2. Institut für Theoretische Physik, Universität Frankfurt, Postfach 111932, 60054, Frankfurt, Germany

    O. Geb & J.A. Maruhn

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Deutsch, C., Tahir, N., Geb, O. et al. Hohlraum Targets Driven by Cluster Ion Beams for Inertial Confinement Fusion. Astrophysics and Space Science 256, 151–159 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1001131423633

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