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Persistent URL	http://purl.org/net/epubs/work/36926
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Record Id	36926
Title	Study of electron and proton isochoric heating for fast ignition
Contributors	MH Key, K Akli, F Beg, MH Chen, HK Chung, RR Freeman, ME Foord, JS Green, P Gu, G Gregori, H Habara, SP Hatchett, JM Hill, JA King, R Kodama, JA Koch, K Lancaster, BF Lasinski, B Langdon, AJ MacKinnon, CD Murphy, PA Norreys, N Patel, P Patel, J Pasley, RA Snavely, RB Stephens, C Stoeckl, M Tabak, W Theobald, K Tanaka, R Town, SC Wilks, T Yabuuchi, B Zhang
Abstract	Isochoric heating by electrons has been measured in the two limiting cases of small area thin foils with dominant refluxing and cone-long-wire geometry with negligible refluxing in the wire. Imaging of Cu K alpha fluorescence, crystal x-ray spectroscopy of Cu K shell emission, and XUV imaging at 68eV and 256eV are discussed. Laser power on target was typically 0.5 PW in 0.7ps. Heating by focused proton beams generated at the concave inside surface of a hemi-shell and from a sub hemi-shell inside a 30 degrees cone has been studied with the same diagnostic methods plus imaging of proton induced K alpha. Conversion efficiency to protons has been measured and modeled. Conclusions from the experiments, links to theoretical understanding and relevance to fast ignition are outlined.
Organisation	CCLRC , CLF
Keywords	CLF 2006-2007
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Language	English (EN)

Type	Details	URI(s)	Local file(s)	Year
Journal Article	J Phys IV 133 (2006): 371-378.			2006