Application of dense plasma focus devices and lasers in the radiation material sciences for the goals of inertial fusion beyond ignition

Gribkov V. A.; Borovitskaya I. V.; Demina E. V.; Kazilin E. E.; Latyshev S. V.; Maslyaev S. A.; Pimenov V. N.; Laas T.; Paduch M.; Rogozhkin S. V.

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Gribkov V. A., Borovitskaya I. V., Demina E. V., Kazilin E. E., Latyshev S. V., Maslyaev S. A., Pimenov V. N., Laas T., Paduch M., Rogozhkin S. V.. Application of dense plasma focus devices and lasers in the radiation material sciences for the goals of inertial fusion beyond ignition[J]. Matter and Radiation at Extremes, 2020, 5(4): 045403. doi: 10.1063/5.0005852

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Gribkov V. A., Borovitskaya I. V., Demina E. V., Kazilin E. E., Latyshev S. V., Maslyaev S. A., Pimenov V. N., Laas T., Paduch M., Rogozhkin S. V.. Application of dense plasma focus devices and lasers in the radiation material sciences for the goals of inertial fusion beyond ignition[J]. Matter and Radiation at Extremes, 2020, 5(4): 045403. doi: 10.1063/5.0005852

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Gribkov V. A., Borovitskaya I. V., Demina E. V., Kazilin E. E., Latyshev S. V., Maslyaev S. A., Pimenov V. N., Laas T., Paduch M., Rogozhkin S. V.. Application of dense plasma focus devices and lasers in the radiation material sciences for the goals of inertial fusion beyond ignition[J]. Matter and Radiation at Extremes, 2020, 5(4): 045403. doi: 10.1063/5.0005852

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Application of dense plasma focus devices and lasers in the radiation material sciences for the goals of inertial fusion beyond ignition

doi: 10.1063/5.0005852

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A.A. Baikov Institute of Metallurgy and Material Science, RAS, Leninsky Prospect 49, 119991 Moscow, Russian Federation
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The International Centre for Dense Magnetized Plasmas, ul. Hery 23, 01-497 Warsaw, Poland
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Moscow Technical University of Communications and Informatics, ul. Aviamotornaya 8а, 111024 Moscow, Russian Federation
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School of Natural Sciences and Health, Tallinn University, Narva Road 25, Tallinn 10120, Estonia
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The Institute of Plasma Physics and Laser Microfusion, ul. Hery 23, 01-497 Warsaw, Poland
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A.I. Alikhanov Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics of NRC “Kurchatov Institute”, ul. Bolshaya Cheremushkinskaya 25, 117218 Moscow, Russian Federation

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Received Date: 2020-03-02
Accepted Date: 2020-03-29

Available Online: 2020-07-01

Publish Date: 2020-07-15

Abstract

Abstract

Specimens of materials for prospective use in chambers of nuclear fusion reactors with inertial plasma confinement, namely, W, ODS steels, Eurofer 97 steel, a number of ceramics, etc., have been irradiated by dense plasma focus devices and a laser in the Q-switched mode of operation with a wide range of parameters, including some that noticeably exceeded those expected in reactors. By means of 1-ns laser interferometry and neutron measurements, the characteristics of plasma streams and fast ion beams, as well as the dynamics of their interaction with solid-state targets, have been investigated. 3D profilometry, optical and scanning electron microscopy, atomic emission spectroscopy, X-ray elemental and structural analyses, and precise weighing of specimens before and after irradiation have provided data on the roughening threshold and the susceptibility to damage of the materials under investigation. Analysis of the results, together with numerical modeling, has revealed the important role of shock waves in the damage processes. It has been shown that a so-called integral damage factor may be used only within restricted ranges of the irradiation parameters. It has also been found that in the irradiation regime with well-developed gasdynamic motion of secondary plasma, the overall amount of radiation energy is spent preferentially either on removing large masses of cool matter from the material surface or on heating a small amount of plasma to high temperature (and, consequently, imparting to it a high velocity), depending on the power flux density and characteristics of the pulsed irradiation.

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