Kilotesla Magnetic Assisted Fast Laser Ignited Boron-11 Hydrogen Fusion with Nonlinear Force Driven Ultrahigh Accelerated Plasma Blocks

摘要

Nuclear fusion with confinement by available kilotesla magnetic fields allows improved performance for Inertial Confinement Fusion. The combination of this approach with the established ultrahigh laser acceleration of plasma blocks driven by nonlinear (ponderomotive) forces of ps laser pulses of exawatt power may permit high gain boron-11 fusion with protons. This potentially provides a path to very attractive fusion power stations based on aneutronic fusion.