5th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON THE FRONTIERS OF PLASMA PHYSICS AND TECHNOLOGY

18-22 April 2011, Singapore, Republic of Singapore


THEORETICAL STUDY OF SELF GENERATION OF MAGNETIC FIELD DUE TO LASER PLASMA INTERACTION

B. Panthi and L.N. Jha

Central Department of Physics, Tribhuvan University, Kritipur, Kathmandu Nepal


Abstract.  Self generated high order magnetic field in the corona of Inertial Confinement Fusion Plasma plays a very important role in the design of fusion target because of its strong influence on the transport of thermal flux from the critical density region to the ablation layer. A theoretical study of the generation of megagauss magnetic field study has been presented. Out of number of causes, in this paper we have studied the role of pressure and temperatures gradient inside the fuel pellet to estimate the magnitude of the magnetic field produced. The intense pressure and temperature gradients inside the plasma caused by the lasers intensity (I > 1019 Wcm-2) short pulse (t ~ 1 ps) giving rise to the Magnetic field.