Title :
Simulation of beam compression for heavy-ion fusion
Author :
Sharp, William M. ; Barnard, J.J. ; Grote, David P. ; Celata, C.M. ; Yu, Simon S. ; Rose, David V. ; Welch, Dale R.
Abstract :
Summary form only given. Recent theoretical work to model the final longitudinal and radial compression of a HIF beam is summarized in this paper. The three-dimensional electrostatic particle-in-cell (PIC) code WARP3d is used to study beam transport in the drift-compression section, while transport in the fusion chamber is modeled in using the electromagnetic PIC code LSP. Possible low-energy near-term experiments are investigated, as well as full-scale fusion drivers, and for each accelerator category, we examine how transport and error sensitivity scale with the major beam and lattice parameters.
Keywords :
fusion reactor targets; fusion reactor theory; ion beam applications; plasma inertial confinement; plasma simulation; beam compression simulation; beam transport; drift-compression section; error sensitivity scale; full scale fusion drivers; fusion chamber; heavy ion inertial fusion beam; lattice parameters; longitudinal compression; low energy near term experiments; radial compression; three-dimensional electrostatic particle-in-cell code; Contracts; Electron sources; Laboratories; Lattices; Magnets; Numerical simulation; Particle beams; Physics; Plasma sources; Tail;
Conference_Titel :
Plasma Science, 2004. ICOPS 2004. IEEE Conference Record - Abstracts. The 31st IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8334-6
DOI :
10.1109/PLASMA.2004.1340066
