Collisionless shock acceleration in the corona of an inertial confinement fusion pellet with possible application to ion fast ignition

E. Boella; R. Bingham; R. A. Cairns; P. Norreys; R. Trines; R. Scott; M. Vranic; N. Shukla; L. O. Silva

doi:10.1098/rsta.2020.0039

Collisionless shock acceleration in the corona of an inertial confinement fusion pellet with possible application to ion fast ignition

E. Boella, R. Bingham, R. A. Cairns, P. Norreys, R. Trines, R. Scott, M. Vranic, N. Shukla, L. O. Silva

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Two-dimensional particle-in-cell simulations are used to explore collisionless shock acceleration in the corona plasma surrounding the compressed core of an inertial confinement fusion pellet. We show that an intense laser pulse interacting with the long scale-length plasma corona is able to launch a collisionless shock around the critical density. The nonlinear wave travels up-ramp through the plasma reflecting and accelerating the background ions. Our results suggest that protons with characteristics suitable for ion fast ignition may be achieved in this way. This article is part of a discussion meeting issue ‘Prospects for high gain inertial fusion energy (part 2)’.

Original language	English
Article number	20200039
Number of pages	11
Journal	Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society. A, Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences
Volume	379
Issue number	2189
Early online date	7 Dec 2020
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1098/rsta.2020.0039
Publication status	Published - 25 Jan 2021

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Inertial confinement fusion
Ion-driven fast ignition
Collisionless shock acceleration

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Collisionless shock acceleration in the corona of an inertial confinement fusion pellet with possible application to ion fast ignition (code)
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DOI: 10.17635/lancaster/researchdata/397
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Boella, E., Bingham, R., Cairns, R. A., Norreys, P., Trines, R., Scott, R., Vranic, M., Shukla, N., & Silva, L. O. (2021). Collisionless shock acceleration in the corona of an inertial confinement fusion pellet with possible application to ion fast ignition. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society. A, Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences , 379(2189), Article 20200039. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsta.2020.0039

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Boella, E, Bingham, R, Cairns, RA, Norreys, P, Trines, R, Scott, R, Vranic, M, Shukla, N & Silva, LO 2021, 'Collisionless shock acceleration in the corona of an inertial confinement fusion pellet with possible application to ion fast ignition', Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society. A, Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences , vol. 379, no. 2189, 20200039. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsta.2020.0039

Collisionless shock acceleration in the corona of an inertial confinement fusion pellet with possible application to ion fast ignition. / Boella, E.; Bingham, R.; Cairns, R. A. et al.
In: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society. A, Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences , Vol. 379, No. 2189, 20200039, 25.01.2021.

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Boella E, Bingham R, Cairns RA, Norreys P, Trines R, Scott R et al. Collisionless shock acceleration in the corona of an inertial confinement fusion pellet with possible application to ion fast ignition. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society. A, Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences . 2021 Jan 25;379(2189):20200039. Epub 2020 Dec 7. doi: 10.1098/rsta.2020.0039

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