This acts as a reference work for the field of high intensity and/or high plasma density laser-
plasma interactions for years to come. It covers everything from single particles to dense …

Admissible values of the temperature T s and the confinement parameter H s= ρ s R s, of a
hot thermonuclear spark in DT and D 2 fuels have been investigated. It is shown that it is not …

Inertial confinement fusion (ICF) targets can be imploded by heavy-ion beams (HIBs) in
order to obtain a highly compressed fuel microsphere. The hydrodynamic efficiency of the …

The realization of an ideal volume compression of laser-irradiated fusion pellets (by C.
Yamanaka) opens the possibility for an alternative to spark ignition proposed for many years …

The quantitative analysis of the collisional line broadening and the ionization state
distributions for determining optical properties of aluminum plasmas are the main goal of this …

In a parametric study of reactor size DT targets driven by beams of heavy ions it was found
that spark ignition and high energy gains can be achieved in four-layer single-shell targets …

Cluster-driven inertial confinement fusion (ICF) is analyzed. A cluster is defined as a
charged supermolecule with a charge of one (or of the order 1) and with a very high mass …

A catalytic regime for tritium in deuterium-tritium (DT x) fusion is investigated, including ion-
electron collisions, mechanical expansion, bremsstrahlung radiation and inverse Compton …

An inherent property of deuterium fusion burn-up equations is presented, due to which
deuterium-tritium reactions can be exploited without needing tritium breeding in external …

The effects induced by fusion-born neutrons within inertial confinement fusion targets are
analyzed. Some of these effects, such as neutron energy deposition, are always present and …