Laser modification of nuclear fusion cross-sections
Abstract/Contents
- Abstract
- The effect of ultraintense, x-ray laser fields on the value of the nuclear fusion cross-section is studied. Analytic models of this theoretical effect are explored alongside a direct numerical approach to its governing quantum-mechanical equation of motion. Consistencies between certain models and the numerical solution suggest a simplified physical picture sharing features with atomic ionization in optical laser fields, as well as with quantum phase-modulation problems. An estimate of the laser-modified thermonuclear reaction rate in an idealized, low-temperature deuterium-tritium plasma is calculated. Results describe strong-field enhancement effects taking hold at field strengths that are of considerable magnitude, but below the Schwinger limit (taken as an upper cutoff).
Description
| Type of resource | text |
|---|---|
| Form | electronic resource; remote; computer; online resource |
| Extent | 1 online resource. |
| Place | California |
| Place | [Stanford, California] |
| Publisher | [Stanford University] |
| Copyright date | 2023; ©2023 |
| Publication date | 2023; 2023 |
| Issuance | monographic |
| Language | English |
Creators/Contributors
| Author | Lindsey, Martin Louis |
|---|---|
| Degree supervisor | Glenzer, S. H, 1966- |
| Thesis advisor | Glenzer, S. H, 1966- |
| Thesis advisor | Hara, Ken |
| Thesis advisor | Mani, Ali, (Professor of mechanical engineering) |
| Degree committee member | Hara, Ken |
| Degree committee member | Mani, Ali, (Professor of mechanical engineering) |
| Associated with | Stanford University, School of Engineering |
| Associated with | Stanford University, Institute for Computational and Mathematical Engineering |
Subjects
| Genre | Theses |
|---|---|
| Genre | Text |
Bibliographic information
| Statement of responsibility | Martin Lindsey. |
|---|---|
| Note | Submitted to the Institute for Computational and Mathematical Engineering. |
| Thesis | Thesis Ph.D. Stanford University 2023. |
| Location | https://purl.stanford.edu/kc262dv2228 |
Access conditions
- Copyright
- © 2023 by Martin Louis Lindsey
- License
- This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial 3.0 Unported license (CC BY-NC).
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