COMPRESSION OF A MULTIPLE-LAYER TARGET IN THE HEAVY ION THERMONUCLEAR FUSION SYSTEM

M. D. Churazov, A. G. Aksenov, E. A. Zabrodina
VANT. Ser.: Mat. Mod. Fiz. Proc 2004. Вып.3. С. 62-65.

The paper considers a possibility of using a cylindrical multiple-layer DT-target for a thermonuclear energy system with a powerful accelerator of relativistic heavy ions. High energy and high power of ion beams (E₀ ~ 100 MJ, P_ow ~ 9 000 TW) reliably provide both compression ( ~ 100 g/cm³; R 0,4 g/cm²) and ignition (T ~ 5 keV). The parameters of three ion beams irradiating the target have been chosen. The thermonuclear amplification factor of the target is G > 50, according to estimates.

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