Non-thermal laser driven plasma-blocks for proton boron avalanche fusion as direct drive option
Fusion energy from protons reacting with 11B, HB11, is extremely difficult or impossible when using thermal ignition by laser irradiation. This changes radically when using picosecond laser pulses with powers above petawatts dominated by nonlinear force driven ultrahigh acceleration of plasma blocks...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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AIP Publishing LLC
2017-07-01
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| Series: | Matter and Radiation at Extremes |
| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mre.2017.05.001 |