Concept Exploration of Impact Fast Ignition

2008 Fiscal Year Self-evaluation Report

• Project/Area Number: 18106016
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (S)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Research Field: Nuclear fusion studies
• Research Institution: Osaka University
• Principal Investigator: AZECHI Hiroshi Osaka University, レーザーエネルギー学研究センター, 教授 (90135666)
• Project Period (FY): 2006 – 2010
• Keywords: 慣性核融合 / 飛翔体加速 / 衝撃点火

Research Abstract

研究代表者が提案する衝撃点火方式は、核融合の実現に向けて、大幅な小規模化を実現可能とする。小規模ながら、中心点火方式と同様、現象の予測性の高さが特徴である。本研究の目的は、衝撃点火方式による核融合が可能であるか否かを判断するために、物理的・工学的理解を得ることと、衝撃点火レ-ザ-核融合の概念を実証することである。

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Comprehensive Diagnosis of Growth Rates of the Ablative Rayleigh-Taylor Instability (2007)
  • Author(s): H. Azechi , T. Sakaiya, S. Fujioka, Y. Tamari, K. Otani, K. Shigemori, M. Nakai, H. Shiraga, N. Miyanaga and K. Mima
  • Journal Title: Phys.Rev.Lett 98 Pages: 045002-1-4
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Fast ignition by detonating hydrodynamic flow
  • Author(s): S.Yu. Gus' kovl and M. Murakami
  • Journal Title: Accepted for publication in Plasma Phys. and Contr. Fusion 2009
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Impact-driven shock waves and thermonuclear neutron generation
  • Author(s): S.Yu. Gus' kov, H. Azechi, N.N. Demchenko, I.Ya. Doskoch, M. Murakami, V.B. Rozanov, T. Sakaiya, T. Watari, N.V. Zmitrenko
  • Journal Title: Accepted for publication in Plasma Phys. and Contr. Fusion 2009
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Presentation] Neutron generation from Impact Fast Ignition (2007)
  • Author(s): T. Watari, T. Sakaiya, H. Azechi , M. Nakai, H. Shiraga, K. Shigemori, H.Hosoda, H. Saito, Y. Arikawa, Y. Sakawa, S. Fujioka, Y. Hironaka, M.Murakami, M. Karasik, J. Gardner, J. Bates, D.Colombant, J. Weber, S. Obenschain, Y. Aglisky, P. A. Norreys, S. Eliezer and K. Mima
  • Place of Presentation: IFSA on Kobe
  • Year and Date: 20070000
• [Presentation] Fast response neutron scintillation detector for FIRE-X (2007)
  • Author(s): Y. Arikawa, M. Nakai, T. Watari, H. Hosoda, K. Takeda, T. Fujiwara, Y. Furukawa, T. Norimatsu, H. Shiraga, N. Sarukura and H. Azechi
  • Organizer: IFASA on Kobe
  • Year and Date: 20070000
• [Presentation] From physics understanding of the ablative Rayleigh-Taylor instability to impact fast ignition (2007)
  • Author(s): M. Murakami et.al.
  • Organizer: Fifth International Conference on Inertial Fusion Sciences and applications
  • Place of Presentation: IFSA, on Kobe
  • Year and Date: 20070000