Inertial confinement fusion driven thermonuclear energy /
This book takes a holistic approach to plasma physics and controlled fusion via Inertial Confinement Fusion (ICF) techniques, establishing a new standard for clean nuclear power generation. Inertial Confinement Fusion techniques to enable laser-driven fusion have long been confined to the black-box...
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Cham, Switzerland :
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2017
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Table of Contents:
- Preface; Acknowledgment; Contents; About the Author; Chapter 1: Short Course in Thermal Physics and Statistical Mechanics; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Ideal Gas; 1.3 Bose-Einstein Distribution Function; 1.4 Fermi-Dirac Distribution Function; 1.4.1 The Grand Partition Function and Other Thermodynamic Functions; 1.4.2 The Fermi-Dirac Distribution Function; 1.5 Ideal Fermi Gas; 1.6 Ideal Dense Plasma; 1.6.1 Thermodynamic Relations; 1.6.2 Ideal Gas and Saha Ionization; 1.7 Thomas-Fermi Theory; 1.7.1 Basic Thomas-Fermi Equations; References
- 2.13 Self-Similarity and Guderley ProblemReferences; Chapter 3: Physics of Inertial Confinement Fusion (ICF); 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Rates of Thermonuclear Reactions; 3.3 Critical Ignition Temperature for Fusion; 3.4 Controlled Thermonuclear Ideal Ignition Temperature; 3.5 Lawson Criterion; 3.5.1 Inertial Confinement and Lawson Criterion; 3.6 Bremsstrahlung Radiation; 3.6.1 Bremsstrahlung Plasma Radiation Losses; 3.6.2 Bremsstrahlung Emission Rate; 3.6.3 Additional Radiation Losses; 3.6.4 Inverse Bremsstrahlung Radiation in Inertial Confinement Fusion
- 2.6 Debye Length2.7 Physics of Plasmas; Interstellar Medium (ISM) Definition; 2.8 Fluid Description of Plasma; 2.9 Magneto-Hydrodynamics (MHD); 2.10 Physics of Dimensional Analysis Application in Inertial Confinement Fusion ICF; 2.10.1 Dimensional Analysis and Scaling Concept; 2.10.2 Similarity and Estimating; 2.10.3 Self-Similarity; 2.10.4 General Results of Similarity; 2.10.5 Principles of Similarity; 2.10.6 Self-Similarity Solutions of the First and Second Kind; 2.11 Physics of Implosion and Explosion in ICF: Self-Similarity Methods; 2.12 Self-Similarity and Sedov-Taylor Problem
- 3.7 Rayleigh-Taylor Instability in Inertial Confinement Fusion3.8 Richtmyer-Meshkov Instability in Inertial Confinement Fusion; 3.9 Filamentation Instability in Inertial Confinement Fusion; 3.10 Kelvin-Helmholtz Instability; References; Chapter 4: Inertial Confinement Fusion (ICF); 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Overview of Inertial Confinement Fusion (ICF); 4.3 Inertial Confinement Fusion (ICF) Process Steps; 4.4 A Path Toward Inertial Fusion Energy; 4.4.1 Direct-Drive Fusion; 4.4.2 Indirect-Drive Fusion (The Hohlraum); 4.4.3 Single Beam Driver as Ignitor Concept (Fast Ignition)
- Chapter 2: Essential Physics of Inertial Confinement Fusion (ICF)2.1 Introduction; 2.2 General Concept of Electromagnetisms and Electrostatics; 2.2.1 The Coulombś Law; 2.2.2 The Electric Field; 2.2.3 The Gaussś Law; 2.3 Solution of Electrostatic Problems; 2.3.1 Poissonś Equation; 2.3.1.1 Rectangular or Cartesian Coordinate; 2.3.1.2 Cylindrical Coordinate; 2.3.1.3 Spherical Coordinate; 2.3.2 Laplaceś Equation; 2.4 Electrostatic Energy; 2.4.1 Potential Energy of a Group of Point Charges; 2.4.2 Electrostatic Energy of a Charge Distribution; 2.4.3 Forces and Torques; 2.5 Maxwellś Equations