Energy loss of heavy ions in a plasma target

Hoffmann, D. H. H.; Weyrich, K.; Wahl, H.; Gardès, D.; Bimbot, R.; Fleurier, C.

doi:10.1103/physreva.42.2313

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“…The results are compared to theories in common use by simulation codes. For testing theory in this regime, these results are a significant improvement on previous experiments, which utilized simpler low-density non-degenerate plasmas [26][27][28][29][30][31] or had significantly less precision [32].…”

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Measurement of Charged-Particle Stopping in Warm Dense Plasma

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We measured the stopping of energetic protons in an isochorically heated solid-density Be plasma with an electron temperature of ∼32 eV, corresponding to moderately coupled ½ðe 2 =aÞ=ðk B T e þ E F Þ ∼ 0.3 and moderately degenerate ½k B T e =E F ∼ 2 "warm-dense matter" (WDM) conditions. We present the first highaccuracy measurements of charged-particle energy loss through dense plasma, which shows an increased loss relative to cold matter, consistent with a reduced mean ionization potential. The data agree with stopping models based on an ad hoc treatment of free and bound electrons, as well as the average-atom local-density approximation; this work is the first test of these theories in WDM plasma.

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Measurement of Charged-Particle Stopping in Warm Dense Plasma

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“…Most previous experiments also used only one type of ion with relatively high initial energy, in plasmas with n e < 10 23 cm −3 and T e < 60 eV [11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21]. In addition, none of these experiments probed the detailed characteristics of the Bragg peak (or peak ion stopping), which occurs at an ion velocity comparable to the average thermal electron velocity.…”

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Measurements of Ion Stopping Around the Bragg Peak in High-Energy-Density Plasmas

Frenje

Grabowski

et al. 2015

Phys. Rev. Lett.

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For the first time, quantitative measurements of ion stopping at energies around the Bragg peak (or peak ion stopping, which occurs at an ion velocity comparable to the average thermal electron velocity), and its dependence on electron temperature (T e ) and electron number density (n e ) in the range of 0.5-4.0 keV and 3 × 10 22 to 3 × 10 23 cm −3 have been conducted, respectively. It is experimentally demonstrated that the position and amplitude of the Bragg peak varies strongly with T e with n e . The importance of including quantum diffraction is also demonstrated in the stopping-power modeling of high-energy-density plasmas. A fundamental understanding of DT-alpha stopping in high-energy-density plasmas (HEDP) is essential to achieving hot-spot ignition at the National Ignition Facility (NIF) [1]. This requires accurate knowledge about the evolution of plasma conditions and the DT-alpha transport and energy deposition in plasmas for a wide range of electron (T e ) and ion temperatures (T i ) spanning from tens of eV to tens of keV, and electron number densities (n e ) from ∼10 21 to ∼10 26 cm −3 .Over the last decades, ion stopping in weakly coupled to strongly coupled HEDP has been subject to extensive analytical and numerical studies [2-10], but only a limited set of experimental data exists to validate these theories. Most previous experiments also used only one type of ion with relatively high initial energy, in plasmas with n e < 10 23 cm −3 and T e < 60 eV [11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21]. In addition, none of these experiments probed the detailed characteristics of the Bragg peak (or peak ion stopping), which occurs at an ion velocity comparable to the average thermal electron velocity. To the best of our knowledge, only one experimental attempt to do this was made by Hicks et al. where the birth energies shown in the parentheses are for a "zero temperature" plasma [23]. From the observed energy losses of these ions, Hicks et al. were able to describe qualitatively the behavior of the ion stopping for one plasma condition. The work described here makes significant advances over previous experimental efforts, by quantitatively assessing the characteristics of the ion stopping around the Bragg peak for different HEDP conditions. This was done through accurate measurements of energy loss of the four ions, produced in reactions (1) and (2). The new experiment, carried out at the OMEGA laser [24], involved implosions of eighteen thin SiO 2 capsules filled with equimolar deuterium-3 He gas. The capsule shells were 850 to 950 μm in diameter, 2.1 to 2.8 μm thick, and had an initial gas-fill pressure ranging from 3 to 27 atm. These capsules were imploded with sixty laser beams that uniformly delivered up to 10.6 kJ to the capsule in a 0.6-ns or 1-ns square pulse, resulting in a laser intensity on capsule up to ∼4 × 10 14 W=cm 2 [25]. Table I lists the capsule and laser parameters, along with some measured and inferred implosion parameters for a subset of four implosions discussed in detail in this...

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“…Enhancement factors of the order of 2-3 have been observed at high projectile energies (E ∼ MeV/u), depending on the projectile ion species and the free electron density of the plasma [21,22] . This effect is especially pronounced at lower ion energies (E ∼ keV/u), where an enhancement factor of up to 35 has been observed [23] .…”

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“…The motivations are mainly as follows: (1) the most important processes in heavy-ion-driven HED and in the burning of inertial confinement fusion (ICF) fuel; (2) plasma devices could serve as important accelerator equipment to focus an ion beam (so-called plasma lens) and/or to strip an ion beam (so-called plasma stripper) [20][21][22][23][24][25][26] .…”

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High energy density physics research at IMP, Lanzhou, China

Zhao

Cheng

Wang

et al. 2014

High Pow Laser Sci Eng

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Recent research activities relevant to high energy density physics (HEDP) driven by the heavy ion beam at the Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences are presented. Radiography of static objects with the fast extracted high energy carbon ion beam from the Cooling Storage Ring is discussed. Investigation of the low energy heavy ion beam and plasma interaction is reported. With HEDP research as one of the main goals, the project HIAF (High Intensity heavy-ion Accelerator Facility), proposed by the Institute of Modern Physics as the 12th five-year-plan of China, is introduced.

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Energy loss of heavy ions in a plasma target

Cited by 163 publications

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Measurement of Charged-Particle Stopping in Warm Dense Plasma

Measurement of Charged-Particle Stopping in Warm Dense Plasma

Measurements of Ion Stopping Around the Bragg Peak in High-Energy-Density Plasmas

High energy density physics research at IMP, Lanzhou, China

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