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Laser fusion energy from p-7Li with minimized radioactivity

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 June 2012

M. Ghoranneviss ,
A. Salar Elahi ,
H. Hora ,
G.H. Miley ,
B. Malekynia  and
Z. Abdollahi
M. Ghoranneviss*
Affiliation:
Plasma Physics Research Center, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
A. Salar Elahi
Affiliation:
Plasma Physics Research Center, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
H. Hora
Affiliation:
Department of Theoretical Physics, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
G.H. Miley
Affiliation:
Department of Nuclear, Plasma and Radiological Engineering, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois
B. Malekynia
Affiliation:
Plasma Physics Research Center, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
Z. Abdollahi
Affiliation:
Plasma Physics Research Center, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
*
Address correspondence and reprint requests to: M. Ghoranneviss, Plasma Physics Research Center, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran. E-mail: [email protected]
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Abstract

The new possibility of side-on laser ignition of p-11B with negligible radioactivity encouraged to study the fusion of solid state p-7Li fuel that again turns out to be only about 10 times more difficult than the side-on ignition of solid deuterium-tritium using petawatt-picosecond laser pulses at anomalous interaction conditions if very high contrast ratio. Updated cross sections of the nuclear reaction are included.

Keywords

Laser fusionRadioactivity
Type
Research Article
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Laser and Particle Beams , Volume 30 , Issue 3 , September 2012 , pp. 459 - 463
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2012

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