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Interaction of laser radiation with matter

Coulomb explosion of deuterium clusters in a magnetic trap and generation of neutrons

D. F. Zaretsky

Russian Research Centre "Kurchatov Institute", Moscow

Abstract: A new method is proposed for injecting hot ions into a magnetic trap, which is based on the Coulomb explosion of clusters ionised by radiation from a high-power femtosecond laser. The parameters of the trap required for the confinement of the hot plasma produced after the explosion of deuterium clusters are estimated. It is shown that the neutron yield in the d – d reaction in the trap can substantially exceed this yield directly in the laser beam focus.

PACS: 52.50.Jm, 52.55.-s, 52.38.Ph

Received: 16.12.2003
Revised: 19.03.2004

 English version: Quantum Electronics, 2004, 34:7, 663–665

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