1109.5056 (Sachie Kimura et al.)

Hydrodynamic Scaling Analysis of Nuclear Fusion driven by ultra-intense
laser-plasma interactions    [PDF]

Sachie Kimura, Aldo Bonasera

We discuss scaling laws of fusion yields generated by laser-plasma interactions. The yields are found to scale as a function of the laser power. The origin of the scaling law in the laser driven fusion yield is derived in terms of hydrodynamic scaling. We point out that the scaling properties can be attributed to the laser power dependence of three terms: the reaction rate, the density of the plasma and the projected range of the plasma particle in the target medium. The resulting scaling relations have a predictive power that enables estimating the fusion yield for a nuclear reaction which has not been investigated by means of the laser accelerated ion beams.

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