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Scattering of carbon ions in the material of the protective membrane of a fast ignition, indirect compression target without cone

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 September 2011

Mikhail L. Shmatov
Mikhail L. Shmatov*
Affiliation:
Ioffe Physical Technical Institute of RAS, St. Petersburg, Russia
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Address correspondence and reprint requests to: Mikhail L. Shmatov, Ioffe Physical Technical Institute of RAS, Politekhnicheskaya 26, 194021 St. Petersburg, Russia. E-mail: [email protected]
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Abstract

It is shown that scattering of the laser-accelerated carbon ions in the material of the protective membrane of a fast ignition, indirect compression target without cone can result in a significant increase in the hot spot radius and will complicate significantly or even prevent the effective shaping of the bombarded region of the compressed fuel.

Keywords

Fast ignitionLaser-accelerated ionsScatteringProtective membrane
Type
Research Article
Information
Laser and Particle Beams , Volume 29 , Issue 3 , September 2011 , pp. 339 - 344
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2011

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