Edward Teller Lectures: Lasers And Inertial Fusion Energy

Hora Heinrich; George H. Miley9781860944680, 1-86094-468-X

How to achieve unlimited, safe, clean and low-cost energy by laser- or beam-driven inertial nuclear fusion has preoccupied all winners of the Edward Teller Medal since its inception in 1991. This book presents their findings, meeting discussions, and personal insights from Edward Teller himself. Expect discussion of important advances anticipated in the future such as multi-billion dollar fusion research projects (NIF), and new schemes such as the petawatt-picosecond laser-plasma interactions evoking new physics and coupling mechanisms.

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Table of contents :
Contents……Page 10
Foreword by Edward Michael Campbell……Page 14
1. Overview……Page 16
2. Big Laser Solution……Page 19
3. Physics of the Fast Igniter……Page 24
4. Fast Igniter for Electron Beam Fusion……Page 26
5. Block Igniter for Producing Ion Beam Ignition……Page 27
6. Concluding Remarks……Page 31
References:……Page 32
Occasional Addresses by Edward Teller
at Conferences of Laser Interaction and
Related Plasma Phenomena (LIRPP)……Page 38
Edward Teller
Troy, New York 1973……Page 40
FUTUROLOGY OF HIGH INTENSITY LASERS*……Page 42
QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS*……Page 47
Edward Teller
Monterey, California 1991……Page 50
LECTURE IN CONNECTION WITH THE
EDWARD TELLER MEDAL AWARD……Page 52
Edward Teller
Monterey, California 1993……Page 60
KEYNOTE ADDRESS: THE EDWARD TELLER LECTURE……Page 62
Edward Teller
Osaka, Japan, 1995……Page 68
Keynote address: Dr. Edward Teller……Page 70
Award Presentation and Keynote Address by
Edward Teller
Monterey, California 1997……Page 72
TELLER AWARD PRESENTATION
AND KEYNOTE ADDRESS……Page 74
Laudations to Awardees 1991-1995……Page 82
PRIOR EDWARD TELLER AWARDEES
1991-1996……Page 84
LAUDATIONS 1999-2003……Page 88
Citations for the 1999 recipients of the Edward Teller Medal……Page 90
LECTURES PRESENTED BY THE EDWARD
TELLER MEDALISTS……Page 94
JOHN H. NUCKOLLS 1991……Page 96
EDWARD TELLER MEDAL: ACCEPTANCE REMARKS*……Page 98
NIKOLAI G. BASOV
1991……Page 100
COMMENTS ON THE HISTORY AND PROSPECTS FOR INERTIAL CONFINEMENT FUSION……Page 102
CHIYOE YAMANAKA
1991……Page 106
LASER FUSION RESEARCH IN 30 YEARS: LECTURE OF EDWARD TELLER AWARDEE……Page 108
HEINRICH HORA
1991……Page 114
NEW BASIC PHYSICS DERIVED FROM LASER PLASMA INTERACTION*……Page 116
ROBERT DAUTRAY 1993……Page 128
ACCEPTANCE of the EDWARD TELLER MEDAL1……Page 130
JOHN D. LINDL
1993……Page 132
THE EDWARD TELLER MEDAL LECTURE: THE EVOLUTION
TOWARD INDIRECT DRIVE AND TWO DECADES OF PROGRESS
TOWARD ICF IGNITION AND BURN……Page 134
SADAO NAKAI
1993……Page 162
VIEWS on INERTIAL FUSION ENERGY DEVELOPMENT……Page 164
E. MICHAEL CAMPBELL 1995……Page 168
Path To Ignition:
US Indirect Target Physics……Page 170
ROBERT L. McCRORY
1995……Page 178
Teller Award Acceptance Speech……Page 180
GEORGE H. MILEY
1995……Page 190
1995 Edward Teller Lecture
Patience and Optimism……Page 192
GENNADY A. KIRILLOV
1995……Page 210
Teller Award acceptance speech
Gennady A. Kirillov……Page 212
MICHAEL H. KEY
1997……Page 214
THE EDWARD TELLER MEDAL LECTURE:
HIGH INTENSITY LASERS AND THE ROAD
TO IGNITION……Page 216
JÜRGEN MEYER-TER-VEHN 1997……Page 226
ICF Related Research at MPQ……Page 228
GUILLERMO VELARDE
1997……Page 234
THE LONG WAY TOWARDS INERTIAL FUSION ENERGY……Page 236
GEORGE B. ZIMMERMAN
1997……Page 242
Monte Carlo Methods in ICF……Page 244
DAVID SHVARTS
1999……Page 264
Scaling Laws of Nonlinear Rayleigh-Taylor and Richtmyer-Meshkov Instabilities in Two and Three Dimensions……Page 266
STEVEN W. HAAN
1999……Page 274
Design of ignition targets for the National Ignition Facility……Page 276
STEFANO ATZENI
2001……Page 282
A Survey of Studies on Ignition and Burn of Inertially Confined Fuels……Page 284
MORDECAI D. ROSEN 2001……Page 292
Teller Medal Lecture IFSA2001:
Problems and solutions in the design and analysis of early laser
driven high energy density and ICF target physics experiments……Page 294
LARRY SUTER 2003……Page 304
Prospects for high-gain, high yield NIF targets driven by 2 (green) light*……Page 306
HIDEAKI TAKABE 2003……Page 324
Hydrodynamic Instability, Integrated Code,
Laboratory Astrophysics, and Astrophysics……Page 326
30 YEARS LASER INTERACTION AND
RELATED PLASMA PHENOMENA……Page 348
30 years LASER INTERACTION AND
RELATED PLASMA PHENOMENA*……Page 350
AUTHOR INDEX……Page 366
SUBJECT INDEX……Page 372
Acknowledgment……Page 378