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(IFP/11) Cluster Induced Ignition - A New Approach to Inertial Fusion Energy

T. Desai1), J. T. Mendonca2), D. Batani3), A. Bernardinello3)
 
1) National Research Institute for Applied Mathematics, 492/G, 7th Block, Jaya Nagar, Bangalore-560082, India
2) GOLP, Instituto Superior Technico, 1096-Lisboa codex, Portugal
3) Dipartimento di Fisica ``G. Occhialini'', Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca and INFM, Via Emanueli 15 - 20126 Milano, Italy

Abstract.  An ultra intense laser interaction with clusters produce energetic ions and electrons in MeV range due to cluster explosion. Here we discuss the possibility of harnessing these particle energies to heat a part of the pre compressed DT fuel to ignition condition. In this article we are striving to present the principle concept and the preliminary results are discussed.

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