Studies on heavy ion fusion and high energy density physics in Japan

✍ Scribed by S. Kawata; K. Horioka; M. Murakami; Y. Oguri; J. Hasegawa; K. Takayama; H. Yoneda; K. Miyazawa; T. Someya; A.I. Ogoyski; M. Seino; T. Kikuchi; T. Kawamura; M. Ogawa

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 2007
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 549 KB
• Volume: 577
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0168-9002
• DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2007.02.007

✦ Synopsis

In this paper, significant progresses of Japanese research activities are presented in heavy ion fusion (HIF) and high energy density physics (HEDP). Heavy ion beam (HIB) is a prominent tool to study HEDP and HIF, and HIBs may be a promising inertial fusion driver. HIB accelerators have been studied intensively for a long time; HIB pulse profile, a particle energy and a HIB quality are controllable. A HIB energy deposition profile is also well defined, and HIB energy is deposited inside a material. By focusing and using the HIB excellent properties, Japanese HIF and HEDP activities have covered a wide variety of subjects ranging from new accelerators to future HIF studies: ion source, new inductive accelerator, beam physics, beam bunching, beam instabilities, HIB interactions with gas or materials, laser ion acceleration, HIB transport, HIB-based warm dense (WD) state generation, new measurement of HED or WD matters, HIB stopping power, atomic physics, multi-HIBs illumination on a target, HIF target implosion, impact ignition scheme, HIB-radiation conversion, radiation confinement and transport in HED matter or in HIF, and so on.