简介：Wereviewthepresentstatusandfutureprospectsoffastignition(FI)researchofthetheoreticalgroupattheIAPCM(InstituteofAppliedPhysicsandComputationalMathematics,Beijing)asapartoftheinertialconfinementfusionproject.SincetheapprovaloftheFIprojectattheIAPCM,wehavedevotedoureffortstoimprovingtheintegratedcodesforFIanddesigningadvancedtargetstogetherwiththeexperimentalgroup.RecentFIexperiments[K.U.Aklietal.,Phys.Rev.E86,065402(2012)]showedthatthepetawattlaserbeamenergywasnotefficientlyconvertedintothecompressedcorebecauseofthebeamdivergenceofrelativisticelectronbeams.Thecouplingefficiencycanbeimprovedinthreeways:(1)usingacone–wire-in-shelladvancedtargettoenhancethetransportefficiency,(2)usingexternalmagneticfieldstocollimatefastelectrons,and(3)reducingtheprepulselevelofthepetawattlaserbeam.TheintegratedcodesforFI,namedICFI,includingaradiationhydrodynamiccode,aparticle-in-cell(PIC)simulationcode,andahybridfluid–PICcode,havebeendevelopedtodesignthisadvancedtargetattheIAPCM.TheShenguang-IIupgradedlaserfacilityhasbeenconstructedforFIresearch;itconsistsofeightbeams(intotal24kJ/3ω,3ns)forimplosioncompression,andaheatinglaserbeam(0.5–1kJ,3–5ps)forgeneratingtherelativisticelectronbeam.AfullyintegratedFIexperimentisscheduledforthe2014project.

简介：Twocompactandintense2.45GHzpermanentprotonsourcesandtheircorrespondinglowenergybeamtransport(LEBT)systemsweredevelopedsuccessfullyforChinaAcceleratorDrivenSub-criticalsystem(C-ADS)in2014,oneofwhichwasbuiltatIMP,LanzhouandtheotheratIHEP,Beijing.Bothprotonsourcescandeliverstable10mA/35keVprotonbeamsatCWmodetotheentrancesofthedownstreamRFQs.AsshowninFig.1,thebeamsextractedbya3-electrodeextractionsystemaretransportedbytheLEBTsystem,whichiscomposedof2identicalsolenoids,andintothe3.2or2.1MeVradio-frequencyquadrupole(RFQ).Inordertoensuresuperconductingcavitiescommissioningandprotection,anelectrostatic-chopperhasbeendesignedandinstalledintheLEBTlinethatcanchopthecwbeamFig.2Totalhydrogenionbeamcurrentversusinputpower.intoapulsedone.Theachievedfall/risetimeofthechopperislessthan20ns.