High Power Laser Science and Engineering, Volume. 4, Issue 4, 04000e42(2016)

New scheme to trigger fusion in a compact magnetic fusion device by combining muon catalysis and alpha heating effects

S.D. Moustaizis1, P. Lalousis2, H. Hora3, Z. Henis4, S. Eliezer5, and I. Ploumistakis1
Author Affiliations
  • 1Technical University of Crete, Lab of Matter Structure and Laser Physics, Chania, Crete, Greece
  • 2Institute of Electronic Structure and Laser FORTH, Heraklion, Greece
  • 3Department of Theoretical Physics, University of New South Wales, Sydney 2052, Australia
  • 4Applied Physics Division, Soreq NRC, Yavne 81800, Israel
  • 5Nuclear Fusion Institute, Polytechnique University of Madrid, ETSII, Madrid 28006, Spain
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    Full description of muon catalysis fusion cycle.
    Reduced $\unicode[STIX]{x03BC}$CF catalyzed cycle.
    Temporal evolution of the reaction rate, plasma ion density and plasma ion temperature. The blue arrow indicates the end of operation of the $\unicode[STIX]{x03BC}$CF in the spark fusion part of the device which correspond to $1~\unicode[STIX]{x03BC}\text{s}$.
    Temporal evolution of the reaction rate, and plasma ion temperature. The blue arrow indicates the end of operation of the $\unicode[STIX]{x03BC}$CF in the spark fusion part of the device which correspond to $1~\unicode[STIX]{x03BC}\text{s}$.
    Temporal evolution of the reaction rate. The curves correspond to different initial values of the alpha particles produced by the $\unicode[STIX]{x03BC}$CF in the spark part of the device: (a) red $10^{19}~\text{m}^{-3}$, green $5\times 10^{18}~\text{m}^{-3}$, blue $10^{18}~\text{m}^{-3}$ and deep green $2\times 10^{17}~\text{m}^{-3}$.
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    S.D. Moustaizis, P. Lalousis, H. Hora, Z. Henis, S. Eliezer, I. Ploumistakis. New scheme to trigger fusion in a compact magnetic fusion device by combining muon catalysis and alpha heating effects[J]. High Power Laser Science and Engineering, 2016, 4(4): 04000e42

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    Paper Information

    Special Issue: HIGH INTENSITY LASER AND ATTOSECOND

    Received: Jun. 29, 2016

    Accepted: Sep. 5, 2016

    Published Online: Jan. 19, 2017

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    DOI:10.1017/hpl.2016.41

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