ABSTRACT
The key parameters for achieving the final goals of inertial confinement fusion (ICF) with laser or particle beams have been semiquantitatively derived and have been published by the leading laboratories. Experiments with particle-beam-driven ICF have to In addition to addressing these primary goals that are directly related to ICF physics, beam target experiments are essential for diagnosing the structure and dynamics of the high-power particle beams during generation, transport, and final focusing on the target. To comprehend light-ion ICF target physics and diagnostics of high-power light-ion beams, one needs the quantitative understanding of the beam deposition in beam-heated dense target matter of arbitrary constitution. Theory predicts significant changes in the stopping power of matter for an ion beam when the distribution of bound and free electrons in the target changes or when the charge state of the traversing beam ions changes.
