AN INTRODUCTION TO INERTIAL CONFINEMENT FUSION
CONTENTS FUNDAMENTALS OF INERTIAL CON?NEMENT FUSION WHAT HAPPENS IN THE SUN? CAN ONE PRODUCE ENERGY ON EARTH LIKE IN THE SUN? THE TWO APPROACHES — MAGNETIC VS INERTIAL CON?NEMENT STAGES IN INERTIAL CON?NEMENT FUSION OUTLINE OF THE BOOK LASER DRIVERS FOR INERTIAL CON?NEMENT FUSION BASICS OF LASER PHYSICS LASERS FOR ICF APPLICATIONS ND-GLASS LASERS FOR ICF ALTERNATIVES TO ND-GLASS LASERS BASIC PLASMA PHYSICS DEBYE LENGTH AND PLASMA FREQUENCY PARTICLE DESCRIPTION FLUID DESCRIPTION PLASMA WAVES PLASMA HEATING THE PONDEROMOTIVE FORCE SHOCK WAVES EQUATION OF STATE FOR DENSE PLASMAS ABSORPTION OF LASER LIGHT COUPLING OF THE LASER ENERGY TO THE TARGET INVERSE BREMSSTRAHLUNG ABSORPTION RESONANCE ABSORPTION PARAMETRIC INSTABILITIES INDIRECT DRIVE: COUPLING LASER ENERGY TO THE HOHLRAUM ENERGY TRANSPORT HYDRODYNAMIC COMPRESSION AND BURN IMPLOSION OF SOLID TARGET FOIL TARGET ROCKET MODEL AND ABLATION COMPRESSION WAVE — SHOCK FRONT — SHOCK WAVE COMPRESSION PHASE SPHERICALLY CONVERGENT SHOCK WAVES ISENTROPIC COMPRESSION MULTIPLE SHOCKS BURN RAYLEIGH-TAYLOR INSTABILITIES BASIC CONCEPT RT IN THE ABLATION PHASE RT INSTABILITIES IN THE DECELERATION PHASE CONSEQUENCES FOR TARGET DESIGN IDEALIZED RT INSTABILITIES VS ICF SITUATION OTHER DYNAMIC INSTABILITIES ENERGY REQUIREMENTS AND GAIN POWER BALANCE ENERGY REQUIREMENTS GAIN TARGETS BASIC CONSIDERATIONS FOR TARGET DESIGN DIRECT- AND INDIRECT-DRIVE TARGETS TARGET FABRICATION INERTIAL CON?NEMENT FUSION POWER PLANT POWER PLANT DESIGN PLANT E?CIENCY TARGET CHAMBER TARGET FABRICATION FOR POWER PLANT SAFETY ISSUES 10 HEAVY-ION DRIVEN FUSION 10 1 HEAVY-ION DRIVERS 10 2 ION BEAM ENERGY DEPOSITION 10 3 TARGET DESIGN FOR HEAVY-ION DRIVERS 10 4 HEAVY-ION POWER PLANT 10 5 LIGHT-ION DRIVERS 11 FAST IGNITOR 11 1 FAST-IGNITOR VS HOT-SPOT CONCEPT 11 2 HOLE BORING OR LASER CONE GUIDING? 11 3 O?-CENTER IGNITION 11 4 STATUS AND FUTURE 12 ABCS OF ICF