Sonoluminescence and the prospects for table-top micro-thermonuclear fusion

Physics Letters, Section A: General, Atomic and Solid State Physics

Volumn 211, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 69-74

  Moss, William C ^a   Clarke, Douglas B ^a   White, John W ^a   Young, David A ^a  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hydrodynamic simulations; Sonoluminescence; Thermonuclear fusion

Indexed keywords

HYDRODYNAMICS; SONOCHEMISTRY; SONOLUMINESCENCE; ULTRASONIC VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

COLLAPSING BUBBLE; HYDRODYNAMIC SIMULATION; PICOSECONDS; PRESSURE SPIKE; SOUND SPEED; TABLE-TOP; THERMONUCLEAR FUSION;

THERMONUCLEAR REACTIONS;

EID: 0002738569     PISSN: 03759601     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0375-9601(95)00934-5     Document Type: Article

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