Fusion-Product Energy Loss in Inertial Confinement Fusion Plasmas With Applications to Target Burns

Inertial confinement fusion has been proposed as a competitor to magnetic fusion in the drive towards energy production, but lags behind partly because of the limited knowledge of high-density plasmas. One area of uncertainty is the energy-loss rate of fusion products. This is due in part to the unique plasma parameters encountered in these plasmas compressed to more than one-thousand times solid density. The work presented here investigates three aspects of this uncertainty.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Nuclear Engineering

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2014

Author dc:creator

• Harris, David Burton

• Engineering, Nuclear

Identifier

(UMI)AAI8422075

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/70896