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On the Problem of Acceleration of Fast Ignition Thermonuclear Targets with Two Cones

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The problems of acceleration of fast ignition thermonuclear targets with two cones for their high-precision injection into region near the center of the reactor chamber are considered and the possibility of solution of these problems is shown. A brief review of discussed variants of such targets and of their main advantages, related to ignition of microexplosion and simplicity of providing preservation of targets workability during their flight in the reactor chamber, is presented. Fast ignition by microexplosion of two-sided cone target and the method to estimate acceptable speed of stabilizing rotation of thermonuclear target are proposed.

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The author would like to thank A.G. Zabrodsky for helpful discussion of the article, Dr. J. Pasley for information on several papers used in its writing, the anonymous reviewers for helpful comments on its initial versions, and the International Atomic Energy Agency for partial funding of the work on the subject of the article under IAEA Research Contract no. 24088.

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Shmatov, M.L. On the Problem of Acceleration of Fast Ignition Thermonuclear Targets with Two Cones. Tech. Phys. 68, 386–394 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063784223900759

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