Measurements of Ion Stopping Around the Bragg Peak in High-Energy-Density Plasmas

Measurements of Ion Stopping Around the Bragg Peak in High-Energy-Density Plasmas.

For the first time, quantitative measurements of ion stopping at energies around the Bragg peak (or peak ion stopping, which occurs at an ion velocity comparable to the average thermal electron velocity), and its dependence on electron temperature (T(e)) and electron number density (n(e)) in the range of 0.5-4.0 keV and 3×10(22) to 3×10(23) cm(-3) have been conducted, respectively. It is experi...

Experimental discrimination of ion stopping models near the Bragg peak in highly ionized matter

The energy deposition of ions in dense plasmas is a key process in inertial confinement fusion that determines the α-particle heating expected to trigger a burn wave in the hydrogen pellet and resulting in high thermonuclear gain. However, measurements of ion stopping in plasmas are scarce and mostly restricted to high ion velocities where theory agrees with the data. Here, we report experiment...

High-resolution gamma ray spectroscopy measurements of the fast ion energy distribution in JET 4He plasmas

High-resolution γ -ray measurements were carried out on the Joint European Torus (JET) in an experiment aimed at accelerating 4He ions in the MeV range by coupling third harmonic radio frequency heating to an injected 4He beam. For the first time, Doppler broadening of γ -ray peaks from the 12C(d, pγ )13C and 9Be(α, nγ )12C reactions was observed and interpreted with dedicated Monte Carlo codes...

Low energy ion distribution measurements in Madison Symmetric Torus plasmas

On Magnetized High Energy Density Laboratory Plasmas

4.1. SOLID-LINER FLUX COMPRESSION..............................................................................................................3 Motivation ............................................................................................................................................................3 Scientific Objectives ................................................................