Numéro
J. Phys. IV France
Volume 133, June 2006
Page(s) 385 - 389
DOI https://doi.org/10.1051/jp4:2006133077
Publié en ligne 16 juin 2006
Inertial Fusion Sciences and Applications 2005
J.-C. Gauthier, et al.
J. Phys. IV France 133 (2006) 385-389

DOI: 10.1051/jp4:2006133077

Core heating analysis of fast ignition targets by integrated simulations

T. Johzaki1, H. Nagatomo1, H. Sakagami2, Y. Sentoku3, T. Nakamura1, K. Mima1, Y. Nakao4 and T. Yokota4

1  Institute of Laser Engineering, Osaka University, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
2  Theory and Computer Simulation Center, National Institute for Fusion Science, Toki, Gifu 509-5292, Japan
3  Department of Physics, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada 89506, USA
4  Department of Applied Quantum Physics and Nuclear Engineering, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 812-8581, Japan


Abstract
A coupled PIC and Fokker-Planck hierarchical simulation model for analysis of fast ignition core heating was checked by comparing the heating profile with collisional PIC simulations. The integrated simulations using FI3 code were carried out for the recent fast heating experiments and showed that the dense core ($\rho > 10$ g/cc) is heated up to 0.45 keV by the fast electrons via the Coulomb interactions (not anomalous processes).



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