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Z-Pinch Requirements for Achieving High Yield Fusion Via A Z-Pinch Driven, Double Ended Hohlraum Concept
- Source :
- 2006 IEEE International Conference on Magagauss Magnetic Field Generation and Related Topics.
- Publication Year :
- 2006
- Publisher :
- IEEE, 2006.
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Abstract
- Using two-dimensional (2D), radiation magnetohydrodynamics (RMHD) numerical simulations, we have designed a feasible z-pinch radiation source that ignites a high yield fuel capsule in a z-pinch driven, double ended hohlraum concept. The z-pinch is composed of nested beryllium (Be) shells and a coaxial, cylindrical foam converter. The z-pinch is designed to produce a shaped radiation pulse that compresses a capsule by a sequence of three shocks without significant entropy increase. We present results of simulations pertaining to the z-pinch design, and discuss conditions that must be achieved in the z-pinch to ensure production of the required radiation pulse.
- Subjects :
- Engineering
Computer simulation
business.industry
Mechanical engineering
chemistry.chemical_element
Radiation
law.invention
Physics::Fluid Dynamics
Ignition system
Optics
chemistry
Physics::Plasma Physics
Hohlraum
law
Z-pinch
Mathematics::Differential Geometry
Beryllium
Magnetohydrodynamics
Coaxial
business
Subjects
Details
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- 2006 IEEE International Conference on Magagauss Magnetic Field Generation and Related Topics
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........3c10dcc0eacd66bef2523c27614c1d70