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23 July 1999 High-energy laser system for HIF research at GSI
M. Roth, R. Bock, U. N. Funk, Matthias Geissel, D. H. H. Hoffmann, Thomas Kuehl, Grant Logan, Jurgen Meyer-ter-Vehn, Peter Viktor Nickles, Michael D. Perry, Wolfgang Seelig, Christian Stoeckl, S. Stoewe, W. Suess
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Proceedings Volume 3492, Third International Conference on Solid State Lasers for Application to Inertial Confinement Fusion; (1999) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.354205
Event: Third International Conference on Solid State Lasers for Application to Inertial Confinement Fusion, 1998, Monterey, CA, United States
Abstract
For the development of a heavy ion driven inertial confinement fusion scenario a detailed knowledge of the interaction processes of the ions with the converter material is crucial. As this converter will be predominantly in the plasma state one of the main topics of the plasma physics group at Gesellschaft fuer Schwerionenforschung (GSI) is the interaction of heavy ions with dense hot plasma. Based on the latest result on interaction experiments with laser generated plasma targets presented here and concerning the high current upgrade of GSI a new high energy laser system is proposed. It will serve as a driver for interaction experiments with heavy ions as well as a diagnostic tool for heavy ion generated plasmas. In addition, with the combination of high current heavy ion beams and intense lasers innovative, fundamental research in the field of high energy density physics will be accessible for the first time.
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M. Roth, R. Bock, U. N. Funk, Matthias Geissel, D. H. H. Hoffmann, Thomas Kuehl, Grant Logan, Jurgen Meyer-ter-Vehn, Peter Viktor Nickles, Michael D. Perry, Wolfgang Seelig, Christian Stoeckl, S. Stoewe, and W. Suess "High-energy laser system for HIF research at GSI", Proc. SPIE 3492, Third International Conference on Solid State Lasers for Application to Inertial Confinement Fusion, (23 July 1999); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.354205
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KEYWORDS
Plasma

Fusion energy

Ions

Laser systems engineering

Ion beams

Plasma generation

Amplifiers

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