HOT-ELECTRON PRODUCTION AND HEATING BY HOT-ELECTRONS IN FAST IGNITER RESEARCH

Authors
KEY MH CABLE MD COWAN TE ESTABROOK KG HAMMEL BA HATCHETT SP HENRY EA HINKEL DE KILKENNY JD KOCH JA KRUER WL LANGDON AB LASINSKI BF LEE RW MACGOWAN BJ MACKINNON A MOODY JD MORAN MJ OFFENBERGER AA PENNINGTON DM PERRY MD PHILLIPS TJ SANGSTER TC SINGH MS STOYER MA TABAK M TIETBOHL GL TSUKAMOTO M WHARTON K WILKS SC
Citation
Mh. Key et al., HOT-ELECTRON PRODUCTION AND HEATING BY HOT-ELECTRONS IN FAST IGNITER RESEARCH, Physics of plasmas, 5(5), 1998, pp. 1966-1972
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Phsycs, Fluid & Plasmas
Journal title
Physics of plasmas → ACNP
ISSN journal
1070664X
Volume
5
Issue
5
Year of publication
1998
Part
2
Pages
1966 - 1972
Database
ISI
SICI code
1070-664X(1998)5:5<1966:HPAHBH>2.0.ZU;2-C
Abstract
In an experimental study of the physics of fast ignition, the characte ristics of the hot electron source at laser intensities up to 10(20) W cm(-2) have been measured and a diagnosis of the heating at depth by hot electrons has been initiated. Generation of hot electrons with mor e than 30% efficiency has been observed. Preliminary heating data sugg est temperatures kT in the range 300-800 eV.