レーザー生成プラズマの磁気閉じ込め核融合への応用研究

抄録

Plasma production by means of high-power pulsed-laser beam(s) from a solid target pellet has several unique features as compared with the other hot plasma production methods, particularly in connection with the problem of filling magnetic confinement devices with a clean hot plasma. This article reviews She principal results obtained from a series of systematic studies on this subject, performed mainly by the present authors' group, which include: (1) the fundamental properties of plasmas produced by Nd-glass- and/or CO₂-laser beam(s), (2) thephysical processes involved in the strong interactions between rapidly expandinglaser-pro-duced plasma and surrounding external magnetic fields, (3) applications to specific type of magnetic bottles, and (4) the related theoretical problemsincluding computer simulations.