Production, diagnostic and application of pulsed ion beams with light and medium mass; LIB (and MIB) program in Japan

This is a combined outline paper of many groups who are interested in inert ial confinement fusion by light or medium mass ion beams. The first (Tokyo Institute of Technology) group presents (I) a direct measurement of pulsed ion beams with CCD element, (2) preliminary observation of beam divergence with pin hole camera and (3) application of light ion beam to thin film for mation and related diagnostic of ablation process. The second (Osaka Univer sity and Himeji Institute of Technology) group presents two-dimensional bea m diagnostics for two-stage ion diode by an advanced arrayed pin-hole camer a, and the theoretical or simulation (Nagaoka University of Technology, Tok yo University of Agriculture and Technology, and Teikyo Heisei University) group presents the transport of light ion beams, and pellet implosion in io n beam ICF. Here, the results which are not described in other papers in th is Proceedings are shown minutely, while the others are shown briefly. (C) 1999 Elsevier Science S.A. All rights reserved.