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Negative pion stopping in ultra dense and hot DT targets of ICF fast ignition concern

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 February 2013

CLAUDE DEUTSCH
Affiliation:
LPGP (UMR-CNRS 8578) Bât. 210, Université Paris-Sud, 91405 Orsay, France ([email protected])
PATRICE FROMY
Affiliation:
CRI-Orsay, Université Paris-Sud, 91405 Orsay, France

Abstract

In order to implement a Scenario of π catalysis of Deuterium–Tritium (DT) thermonuclear reactions in a dense and hot precompressed target plasma envisioned in the Intertial Confinement Fusion (ICF) fast ignition approach, we pay detailed attention to the stopping of negative pions arising from electro-disintregration of target D and T nuclei by ultra-relativistic e-beams. Emphasis is put on a mostly non-relativistic pion velocity regime (E ≤ 10 MeV).

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