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Control of Electron Beam Using Strong Magnetic Field for Efficient Core Heating in Fast Ignition

Plasma Physics 2019-08-14 v2

Abstract

For enhancing the core heating efficiency in electron-driven fast ignition, we proposed the fast electron beam guiding using externally applied longitudinal magnetic fields. Based on the PIC simulations for the FIREX-class experiments, we demonstrated the sufficient beam guiding performance in the collisional dense plasma by kT-class external magnetic fields for the case with moderate mirror ratio (~<10 ). Boring of the mirror field was found through the formation of magnetic pipe structure due to the resistive effects, which indicates a possibility of beam guiding in high mirror field for higher laser intensity and/or longer pulse duration.

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@article{arxiv.1412.6222,
  title  = {Control of Electron Beam Using Strong Magnetic Field for Efficient Core Heating in Fast Ignition},
  author = {T. Johzaki and T. Taguchi and Y. Sentoku and A. Sunahara and H. Nagatomo and H. Sakagami and K. Mima and S. Fujioka and H. Shiraga},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1412.6222},
  year   = {2019}
}

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11pages, 8figures