Mirror-based fusion: Some possible new directions

Fusion Technology

Volumn 35, Issue 1 SPEC. ISS., 1999, Pages 40-51

  Post, Richard F ^a  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 0005192719     PISSN: 07481896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/fst99-a11963825     Document Type: Article

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