Download or read book Recent U.S. Advances in Ion-beam-driven High Energy Densityphysics and Heavy Ion Fusion written by J. Coleman and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the past two years, significant experimental and theoretical progress has been made in the US heavy ion fusion science program in longitudinal beam compression, ion-beam-driven warm dense matter, beam acceleration, high brightness beam transport; and advanced theory and numerical simulations. Innovations in longitudinal compression of intense ion beams by> 50 X propagating through background plasma enable initial beam target experiments in warm dense matter to begin within the next two years. They are assessing how these new techniques might apply to heavy ion fusion drivers for inertial fusion energy.