Status and perspectives of the FUSION INFN project for the study and optimization of the nuclear fusion reaction for Inertial Confinement applications
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
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Result on the web
<a href="https://doi.org/10.1017/lpb.2025.10001" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1017/lpb.2025.10001</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/lpb.2025.10001" target="_blank" >10.1017/lpb.2025.10001</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Status and perspectives of the FUSION INFN project for the study and optimization of the nuclear fusion reaction for Inertial Confinement applications
Original language description
The FUSION project (an acronym for FUsion StudIes of prOton boron Neutron-less reaction in laser-generated plasma) was launched in 2022 by researchers from INFN (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare) and ENEA. This project marks the first scientific initiative funded by INFN in the field of Inertial Confinement Fusion (ICF). The main objectives of FUSION are to develop a new generation of solid targets designed to enhance the fusion reaction rate, being this reaction a potential candidate for future ICF schemes. FUSION will also focus on designing novel diagnostic techniques for measuring reaction products and, ultimately, estimating alpha and proton cross-sections in a plasma environment. The project will be carried out through two experimental campaigns at a laser facility equipped with a high-energy, long-pulse (picosecond) laser. In the proposed experimental setup, the reaction will be triggered simultaneously ‘in target’ by the protons generated in the laser matter interaction and 11B present in the same expanding plasma and in the ‘pitcher-catcher’ configuration. In FUSION, a set of measurements will also be dedicated to a first estimation of the proton and alpha-stopping power in a plasma. FUSION will enable a comprehensive understanding of the reactions and will help in optimize the conditions for future applications in inertial nuclear fusion with the reaction.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
10304 - Nuclear physics
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
R - Projekt Ramcoveho programu EK
Others
Publication year
2025
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Laser and Particle Beams
ISSN
0263-0346
e-ISSN
1469-803X
Volume of the periodical
43
Issue of the periodical within the volume
1
Country of publishing house
GB - UNITED KINGDOM
Number of pages
11
Pages from-to
1-11
UT code for WoS article
001586882700001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-105018669234