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Non-equilibrium Microwave Plasma for Efficient High Temperature Chemistry
Published on: August 1, 2017
Effect of quantum correction on the acceleration and delayed heating of plasma blocks
H Hora1, R Sadighi-Bonabi, E Yazdani
1Department of Theoretical Physics, University of New South Wales, Sydney 2052, Australia.
Abstract:
The interaction of laser pulses of picosecond duration and terawatt to petawatt power accelerated for the very fast undistorted plasma blocks for deuterium DD or deuterium tritium fast ignition is investigated. Based on the direct and instant conversion of laser energy into mechanical motion by nonlinear (ponderomotive) forces, any thermal pressure generation is delayed by the collision process. Following the studying of the classical collision frequency, it is found that the quantum modified collision at higher energies results in a correction by about 15% reduction of the delay.
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