Inertial fusion fast ignitor: Igniting pulse parameter window vs the penetration depth of the heating particles and the density of the precompressed fuel

Physics of Plasmas

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 3316-3326

  Atzeni, Stefano ^a  

^a ASSOCIAZIONE EURATOM ENEA SULLA FUSIONE   (Italy)

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EID: 0007194576     PISSN: 1070664X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.873571     Document Type: Article

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