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Heating a plasma by a broadband stream of fast electrons: Fast ignition, shock ignition, and Gbar shock wave applications

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An exact analytic solution is found for the steady-state distribution function of fast electrons with an arbitrary initial spectrum irradiating a planar low-Z plasma with an arbitrary density distribution. The solution is applied to study the heating of a material by fast electrons of different spectra such as a monoenergetic spectrum, a step-like distribution in a given energy range, and a Maxwellian spectrum, which is inherent in laser-produced fast electrons. The heating of shock- and fast-ignited precompressed inertial confinement fusion (ICF) targets as well as the heating of a target designed to generate a Gbar shock wave for equation of state (EOS) experiments by laser-produced fast electrons with a Maxwellian spectrum is investigated. A relation is established between the energies of two groups of Maxwellian fast electrons, which are responsible for generation of a shock wave and heating the upstream material (preheating). The minimum energy of the fast and shock igniting beams as well as of the beam for a Gbar shock wave generation increases with the spectral width of the electron distribution.

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  1. Lebedev Physical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 119991, Russia

    S. Yu. Gus’kov

  2. National Research Nuclear University “MEPhI,”, Moscow, 115409, Russia

    S. Yu. Gus’kov

  3. University of Bordeaux-CNRS-CEA, Centre Lasers Intenses et Applications, Talence, 33405, France

    Ph. Nicolai, X. Ribeyre & V. T. Tikhonchuk

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Gus’kov, S.Y., Nicolai, P., Ribeyre, X. et al. Heating a plasma by a broadband stream of fast electrons: Fast ignition, shock ignition, and Gbar shock wave applications. J. Exp. Theor. Phys. 121, 529–540 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1134/S106377611509006X

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