Title :
Temperature measurements of cluster fusion plasmas using D−3 He or CD4−3 He mixtures on the Texas Petawatt
Author :
Bang, Woosuk ; Barbui, Marina ; Bonasera, Aldo ; Dyer, Gilliss ; Quevedo, Hernan ; Hagel, Kris ; Schmidt, Katarzyna ; Consoli, Fabrizio ; De Angelis, Riccardo ; Andreoli, Pierluigi ; Gaul, Erhard ; Borger, Ted ; Bernstein, Aaron ; Martinez, Mikael ; Donov
Author_Institution :
Texas Center for High Intensity Laser Sci., Univ. of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA
Abstract :
We present a novel way of determining the plasma temperature in a laser-cluster fusion experiment on the Texas Petawatt laser, which uses the ratio of the 2.45 MeV neutron and 14.7 MeV proton yields.
Keywords :
deuterons; gas mixtures; helium; organic compounds; plasma diagnostics; plasma light propagation; plasma temperature; CD4-3He mixtures; D-3He; D-3He mixtures; Texas Petawatt laser; laser-cluster fusion experiment; plasma temperature; temperature measurements; Deuterium; Ions; Laser fusion; Measurement by laser beam; Neutrons; Plasma temperature; Temperature measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1839-6
