Physical Dynamics, Inc., Occidental Research Corporation, La Jolla, CA 92038, USA
La Jolla Institute, Occidental Research Corporation, La Jolla, CA 92038, USA
Abstract:
Inertial confinement fusion using light ion beams that require longitudinal bunching imply ions whose energy increases with time. Such profiling of the incident ion beam energy could be expected to result in improved yields and better hydrodynamic coupling. These expectations have been confirmed by numerical simulations.